Few things about the legal news today:
Mueller thought they lost the manafort trial imo. That's why they hustled to get the Cohen plea ready.
The manafort case has nothing to do with trump. That was never the point though. The goal was to get leverage so they could try to get manafort to say whatever they need him to say. We know Mueller doesn't care if any of it is true or not. Just needs it stated
That's the full court press they're putting on right this very moment. At the same time, Trump's team is likely considering a pardon, that removes all such leverage.
Cohen is and was nothing. The best he can do is some obscure meaningless campaign finance law, and that's on their best day. The importance there is this gives Dems hope of impeachment should they get their blue wave. And it gives them their campaign slogan nationwide for midterms.
Bottom line none of it really means anything for this president, IF we were dealing with an objective investigation. We know the opposite is true. It's nothing more than a coup in broad daylight, and these two developments ensure it's not going away anytime soon.