Maybe it was bad timing. Then again, maybe it was exquisite timing. The same day a jury convicted President Trump’s campaign manager of fraud, and the same day Trump’s former lawyer pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and implicated Trump in the same, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren unofficially launched her 2020 presidential campaign around the theme of fighting corruption.

Warren, a Democrat, didn’t actually announce her candidacy. But she laid out a foundation for it. “Let’s put rules in place to pull this government in the direction of the people and to cut the influence of big money in Washington,” she said.