steve: what do you make with the fact with his 12 count indictment robert mueller is trying to throw the book at mr. gates and mr. manafort as well? well, you know, it s pretty typical as a prosecutor you charge as many things as can you and can you scale them back later. if you don t charge now though you could get a double jeopardy issued later. there was a statute of imlimitations after manafort. he had to go after all these things. they can scale it back later. try to build pressure on him to help rat him out. if vladimir putin were really involved, there is no way that paul manafort is going to rat out vladimir putin. steve: sure. the lead op-ed this morning in the wall street journal says the main charge against donald trump poor judgment hiring and notorious beltway operator in the form of paul manafort because historically, paul manafort and his group have worked for essentially a rose gallery of dictators and a lot of other questionable characters around the world. you k