choices

Paul Manafort will sing, or he will hang.
The pardons Donald wields can't exculpate
choice co-conspirators, nor his whole gang
when their convictions are by New York State.
This SpecialCounsel segregates two piles;
he'll prosecute far fewer than he could.
No DoubleJeopardy impairs the files
he slips to AG Barbara Underwood.
Paul'd be in Sochi, if he had his wish
not pent in prison like some common crook.
If he won't implicate the bigger fish
his caviar-stuffed goose is bigly cooked.
An A-league prosecutor knows the ropes
methodically to roll up tin-pot dopes.