'Worst hour' for Trump as Manafort and Cohen both guilty

Former campaign chairman and ex-lawyer’s guilt delivers double blow as president faces legal jeopardy Donald Trump has suffered a huge double blow as two of his former associates were convicted of financial crimes, potentially leaving the president himself in legal jeopardy. Michael Cohen, his longtime lawyer and “fixer”, pleaded guilty to eight charges including campaign finance violations and directly implicated Trump in paying “hush money” to women with whom he allegedly had affairs. Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/22/worst-hour-for-trump-after-convictions-for-manafort-and-cohen #Headlines by: David Smith in Washington DC, Tom McCarthy in New York, Ben Jacobs in Virginia and Kevin Rawlinson

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