White House: Today's indictments have "nothing to do" with Trump

• The last known conversation between Manafort and Trump was in February, Sanders said.
• On George Papadopoulos's March invitation to Trump to meet with Putin: "I'm not sure that the president recalls specific details of the meeting."
• On Trump's hiring of Manafort and Gates: "There were seasoned operatives ... [Trump] hired Paul Manafort to oversee the delegate process, not much else." She said she has not asked the president whether he regrets the hiring.
• On Papadopoulos's role: He served on a "volunteer advisory committee."
• "There's no intention" to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, she added. "We still expect [the investigation] to conclude soon."
• On Trump's reaction: He received the news "without a lot of reaction, because it doesn't have anything to do with us."
• On presidential pardons in the Russia probe: Sanders said she hasn't spoken to the president about it.

One note on tax reform: Trump wants corporate rate to start at 20%, not decrease over time. But the House bill, which will be introduced Wednesday, may include a five-year phase-in for the rate to reach 20% by 2022, per Bloomberg.