President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Manafort's former business associate Rick Gates and Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos have all been charged in Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation into Russian election interference. Upon a moment’s reflection, the non-scandals make no sense (Clinton was colluding with Russia to beat herself in the election? The intensity of Trump’s frenzy underscores the peril in which the president now finds himself. Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2008. A guilty plea from a former Trump campaign aideTrump is counting on Republicans to attack Mueller.

Source: Washington Post October 30, 2017 14:50 UTC