We have always known that someday the cold war between President Trump and Special Counsel Robert Mueller would break into open conflict, and that day seems to be soon upon us.

An eye-popping report from the NYT takes us inside the prosecution of former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort.

And a prosecution it most assuredly is.

The story opens with the dramatic scene of agents picking the lock on Manafort’s front door to let themselves in for a pre-dawn raid related to his formerly undisclosed work for Kremlin-tied clients.

More important, though, the story includes the revelation that Mueller’s prosecutors explicitly told Manafort that they planned to indict him.

But the intensity with which Mueller & Co. are cranking the meat grinder into which Manafort is now being fed tells us a great deal, and it would seem that things are about to get pretty crazy in Washington.

One of the best developments for the Trump White House has been that with the arrival of competent managers and an experienced legal team, the flow of near-daily leaks and blabber about the investigation has trailed off.

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