tRump's refrain of nothing to see here rings hollow after first 3 Mueller charges land - CNBC

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* Robert Mueller has moved the tRump-Russia investigation from the realm of speculation and debate to sworn testimony and court proceedings.
* Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates now have an enormous incentive to cooperate in a bid for leniency.
* The new details Monday, made more concrete by George Papadopoulos' guilty plea, threaten to further undermine tRump's historically weak political standing for a first-year president.

For President Donald tRump the fake news just got very real – and dangerous.

By charging three tRump 2016 campaign operatives with crimes, special counsel Robert Mueller just took the tRump-Russia investigation from the realm of speculation and debate and moved it into sworn testimony and court proceedings. One has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with investigators; the other two, former campaign chief Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates, now have an enormous incentive to cooperate in a bid for leniency.

tRump reacted on Twitter by noting that the tax fraud charges against Manafort stem from events "years ago before he joined the tRump campaign." The president reiterated his frequent claim that there was "NO COLLUSION" with Russia in the 2016 campaign.

But the third defendant Mueller named Monday renders that claim increasingly tinny. - CNBC

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1. LOCK THEM UP!!!