Two Simple Questions

It's so easy to get lost in the maze of criminality and corruption in the Trump campaign and the Trump administration. But there are two simple questions that, as far as I know, have been hanging out there unanswered for nearly two years now.

1) How did Carter Page, a virtual unknown in foreign policy circles and suspected Russian agent as recently as 2013, end up as a Trump foreign policy adviser? If his name came from Sam Clovis, where did Clovis find out about him?

2) Why was Paul Manafort, a man who was in desperate financial straights as the current court case indicates, beg to become campaign manager for the Trump campaign for absolutely no compensation? And exactly how much more contact did Manafort have with Trump after he left the campaign?

Ok. That's actually four questions, but you get the point. We all have our suspicions about the answer to these questions. And with Manafort the answer seems a little clearer, namely he would get paid for his info on the campaign from other sources. But amid all the hoopla about both these characters, these unanswered questions that speak to potential collusion just sit there like the elephant in the room.