After five months of investigation, former FBI Director Robert Mueller issued his first three products as special counsel: indictments of Trump campaign hands Paul Manafort and Richard Gates, and a guilty plea of a young foreign-policy adviser, George Papadopoulos.

At the same time Tony Podesta, the Democratic superlobbyist and bundler was implicated in the investigation and has stepped down from the lobbying firm he cofounded with his brother, Clinton confidant John Podesta.