"Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. The problem for Trump -- support from his base notwithstanding -- is that he is making a political argument in response to a legal problem. The Manafort and Gates indictment and the Papadopoulos guilty plea feel like the beginning of the next stage of Mueller's investigation, not its end point. Nor are they meaningless back and forth amid the heat of a political campaign. Is it possible that, in the face of the legal proceedings facing former Trump officials, people simply don't care?

Source: CNN October 30, 2017 18:45 UTC