From what I've heard, one series of events into which investigators are looking is that pertaining to the timing of the Wikileaks release of Podesta emails coming so quickly on heels of the Access Hollywood (AH) tape. The emails were released about thirty minutes after the AH tape/story became public. There seems to be a question of whether Cohen coordinated with Assange to get the emails released as a way to "match" or take away some of the heat from the tape. Cohen's not having been formally part of the Trump campaign would explain why the matter was taken up by the NY Southern District rather than being addressed as part of Mueller's investigation.
Interesting.
I could see how that might implicate Cohen in conspiring with foreign nationals to get illegally obtained dirt from the DNC. It still doesn't get Trump. Even if Trump told Cohen to go get dirt, that is not evidence of a conspiracy unless Trump specifically told Cohen to call Assange and tell him to release the shit.
It still doesn't get Trump.
On the face of it, that's correct, but the "devil's in the details," as always.
Whether Trump would be implicated would depend whether Cohen undertook such an act at his behest, explicit or implicit. I think investigators think there may be a document among those obtained in yesterday's search of Cohen's offices, home, and phone(s) that indicates Trump made a implied/explicit request of that sort. If he did, carrying out such a request by way of pressing Assange to release the emails would make the whole set of related documents/communications
no longer eligible for attorney-client privilege.