There is nothing in the indictment that has any direct link to Trump, his campaign, or collusion with Russians. On its face, all it proves with regard to Trump is that he has really bad taste in campaign managers. We knew that already.
The pertinent questions to be answered are:
- Does Manafort know anything about collusion that he is willing to sell for a better deal? I know of no evidence of that, but we’ll see.
- Will Trump overreact and do something really stupid, like fire Mueller? His lawyers will tell him to brush this off, but he isn’t exactly famous for taking good legal advice.