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What we should glean from these indictments?
Everybody expected Manafort to be indicted but few mentioned Rick Gates.
The headline should have read, "Trump Campaign Leaders Indicted". Mueller is investigating the Trump campaign. Any tax-related issues or money-laundering by Manafort are peripheral to this fact.
Where does it go from here?
Mueller will likely move to the June 9th meeting at Trump Tower with Manafort, Trump, Jr, and Kushner. Were they actually discussing "adoption" or were they conspiring with the five other attendees to rig the election in favor of Donald Trump?
At first glance, the White House will appear to feign innocence, but the trail, if it stays with the Trump campaign, will lead directly to the White House.