message to not only manafort but to other co-defendants including, you know, this is an important point that struck me. the logic of going after manafort for the old financial dealings with the pro russian ukrainon forces is identical from going after or investigating president trump himself for his financial dealings with russian entities over the last ten years. in other words, mueller has shown himself willing to cross the so-called red line that trump drew about financial dealings pre2016. that sets things up for major showdown. major showdown and one that some potential analysts or allies of donald trump are already turning back into an tack on rod rosenstein.