Tuesday’s developments don’t look good, and they certainly weaken the Trump presidency.
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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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Analysis: With guilty plea, Trump’s personal lawyer sends presidency into troubled legal waters
In pleading guilty to campaign finance violations, Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen implicated the president.
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Pleading guilty, Michael Cohen says he worked with Trump to pay hush money to 2 women before election
The president’s longtime ‘fixer,’ who arranged a payment to Stormy Daniels in October of 2016, admits to crimes he says he committed ‘for the principal purpose of influencing the election.’
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Transcript of Cohen tape suggests Trump knew about model’s deal to sell story of alleged affair
The conversation between Trump and Cohen came weeks after the National Enquirer’s parent company reached a $150,000 deal to pay former Playboy model Karen McDougal for her story.
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FBI seized recording of Trump and Cohen discussing payment to former Playboy model
The president’s attorney confirms the tape’s existence, but says no payment was ever made.
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Michael Cohen’s ex-business partner agrees to cooperate in federal probe
Evgeny ‘Gene’ Freidman, known as the ‘taxi king’ of New York, makes the agreement in pleading guilty to pocketing $5 million in state tax money.
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AT&T, Novartis ties to Cohen reveal backdoor bids to reach Trump
Payments to the president’s personal lawyer aren’t in and of themselves illegal, but they fall into a secretive, gray area of influence activity that ethics experts charge is ripe for abuse.