editorial
Mueller’s first moves aren’t what Trump-haters hoped for
By Post Editorial Board
October 30, 2017 | 7:20pm
For those hoping that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation will take down President Trump, Monday brought reason to . . . keep on hoping.
The 12-count indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his onetime business partner, Rick Gates, has nothing — literally nothing — to do with what Mueller is investigating: Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign.
Coming only a bit closer is the guilty plea by campaign aide George Papadopoulos for lying to the FBI.
The charges against Manafort and Gates sound sensational, with allegations of tens of millions paid them by pro-Russian Ukrainians, then allegedly used to fund a lavish lifestyle. But none of it touches Trump or his campaign.
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