Allen Weisselberg, who was also Trump’s bookkeeper for his personal and business affairs, received immunity to talk to prosecutors about the hush money Michael Cohen paid.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Is anything different for President Trump this time?
Tuesday’s developments don’t look good, and they certainly weaken the Trump presidency.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: As Maine goes, so may go the nation on Kavanaugh confirmation
Sen. Collins should go with Kavanaugh for one simple reason: He is the best person for the job.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Attacked by Trump, Jeff Sessions says Justice Department won’t be ‘improperly influenced’
The attorney general responds after the president says Sessions was given the job only because of his loyalty in the 2016 election and that he has failed to control the department.
Posted inNation & World, News
Juror in Manafort trial said all but one wanted to convict on all charges
Paula Duncan, who identified herself as a supporter of Trump, is the first juror to speak publicly about the trial and the jury’s deliberations.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Cohen’s plea shapes how parties focus on midterms
Democratic leaders urge candidates to keep kitchen-table issues at the forefront; but Republicans say their rivals are bent on impeachment.
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On Twitter, Trump denies criminal wrongdoing, says Cohen is making up stories
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday to eight charges, including campaign finance violations that he said he carried out in coordination with the president.
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Commentary: Prospect of criminal prosecution will loom over the rest of Trump’s presidency
Michael Cohen’s admission that Trump directed him to break campaign finance laws makes the president criminally liable.
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Suspect in Iowa college student’s slaying used fake name at work
Co-workers at a dairy farm are stunned to learn that Cristhian Bahena Rivera is charged in Mollie Tibbetts’ death.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: To be seen as fair-minded and objective, the press has to earn it
If newspapers were indeed honest and unbiased in their coverage – compare their treatment of Obama and Trump – they wouldn’t need to publish a slew of editorials proclaiming it.