(CNN) For those who have been hoping for an end to the Donald Trump presidency, Tuesday appeared to be cause for celebration. In short, Trump's critics could revel in the hope that the conviction and imprisonment of both men might foreshadow Trump's exit. The charges against Manafort were largely unrelated to the Trump presidency, and the trial judge virtually banned the use of Trump's name through most of the trial. Furthermore, none of Manafort's crimes were ever linked to the president, and the vast majority of his alleged criminal activities predated his appointment as Trump campaign manager. Missing, though, were the details of Trump's intentional involvement in criminal activity substantial enough to tip the Constitution's "high crimes and misdemeanors" scale.

Source: CNN August 22, 2018 23:48 UTC