But wait, you say, we already knew Mueller was looking into the 2016 campaign and possible ties between it and Russia! Manafort was the campaign chairman, yes, but everything he did wrong came long before he was affiliated with my campaign. The broader point here is that the news earlier this week about Manafort's conversations with Kilimnik changed the game. Now the conversation is about what Manafort did WHILE he was serving as the top official of Trump's campaign. Trump can continue to say that the Mueller probe is a hoax and a witch hunt.

Source: CNN January 10, 2019 21:45 UTC