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New York Times:
A One-Two Punch Puts Trump Back on His Heels  —  WASHINGTON — In two courtrooms 200 miles apart on Tuesday, President Trump's almost daily attempts to dismiss the criminal investigations that have engulfed his White House all but collapsed.  —  Mr. Trump has long mocked the investigations as …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump's company approved $420,000 in payments to Cohen, relying on ‘sham’ invoices, prosecutors say  —  President Trump's real estate company authorized paying $420,000 to lawyer Michael Cohen in his effort to silence women during the presidential campaign and then relied on “sham” …
William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Trump's Former Fixer, Michael Cohen, Reaches a Plea Agreement Over Payments to Women  —  Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors investigating payments he made to women for Mr. Trump, a person familiar with the matter said.
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
With the Manafort Convictions and Cohen Plea, President Trump Has Been Implicated in a Criminal Conspiracy  —  The President of the United States is now, formally, implicated in a criminal conspiracy to mislead the American public in order to influence an election.
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Michael Cohen's Guilty Plea Directly Implicates Donald Trump in a Felony  —  For the first time since the Trump presidency began, President Donald Trump is in some real legal jeopardy, providing potential grounds for his eventual impeachment, if not indictment.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
After two convictions, pressure mounts on Trump  —  No day during President Trump's 19 months in office could prove as dangerous or debilitating as Tuesday.  Everything that happened in a pair of courtrooms hundreds of miles apart strengthened the hand of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III …
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Breitbart
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
In Trump's right-wing media universe, it was a day like any other  —  It's Tuesday afternoon.  Imagine, for a moment, that President Trump logs on to Twitter.  News is breaking that could prove existential for his presidency.  But his social media feed hardly records the magnitude of the developments.
Lanny Davis / gofundme.com:
Michael Cohen Truth Fund  —  $17,822 of $500,000 goal Raised by 377 people in 9 hours  —  On July 2, 2018, Michael Cohen declared his independence from Donald Trump and his commitment to tell the truth.  —  On August 21, Michael Cohen made the decision to take legal responsibility and to continue his commitment to tell the truth.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Cohen's plea deal is prosecutor's attempt to set up Trump  —  Here we go, from Russia with love to campaign finance with love.  —  Why was Michael Cohen investigated?  Because the “Steele dossier” had him making secret trips to meet with Russians that never happened, so his business dealings got …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Bad Day In Court  —  Some years ago, a lawyer was kicked to death by a moose in the parking lot of the federal courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska.  That's how the story goes, anyway.  Local lawyers said, that's a really bad day in court.  —  President Trump didn't have that bad a day in court today, but it wasn't great.
New York Sun:
The President in a Vise  —  From President Trump's point of view …
Discussion: Power Line
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Manafort convicted of 8 counts, judge will declare mistrial in 10 others
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“Donald Trump Directed Him to Commit a Crime”: Michael Cohen Nails the Casket Shut on His Former Boss
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Beast and HuffPost
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Manafort split verdict says nothing on Trump, Russia, and the 2016 election
Discussion: NBC News
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Cohen's claim about Trump may spark calls for impeachment but is unlikely to lead to charges
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:   Inside catch and kill: Cohen, a porn star and ‘Individual 1’
Julie Pace / Associated Press:   Analysis: With Cohen plea, GOP faces familiar Trump quandary
Bre Payton / The Federalist:
Federal Jury Fails To Convict Paul Manafort On Majority Of Counts, Finds Him Guilty On 8 Counts Of Fraud
Discussion: Politico, Mother Jones and twitchy.com
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:   Manafort guilty verdicts raise chances of pardon by Trump
New York Times:   What the Manafort Verdict Means
Politico:
'It's the only excuse they'll need': Legal blows fuel impeachment fears
Katie Reilly / TIME:   The Crowd Chanted ‘Lock Her Up.’ President Trump Didn't Mention His Own Team's Legal Troubles
CNN:
Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife indicted in use of campaign funds for personal expenses  —  (CNN)Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, were indicted Tuesday on charges related to the misuse of $250,000 worth of campaign funds for personal expenses and the filing of false campaign finance records.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump adviser Larry Kudlow hosted publisher of white nationalists at his home  —  The publisher of a website that serves as a platform for white nationalism was a guest last weekend at the home of President Trump's top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow.  —  Peter Brimelow attended the gathering …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: GOP frets as Trump world implodes  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TICK ... TOCK ... The split-screen guilty verdict of PAUL MANAFORT and MICHAEL COHEN's plea is, perhaps, the best evidence that ROBERT MUELLER is treating this investigation like an old-school organized crime probe.
Morgan Cook / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Rep. Duncan Hunter and wife indicted on fraud and campaign finance charges  —  Duncan Hunter and wife, Margaret, at Election Central in Golden Hall in 2008.  (John R. McCutchen / San Diego Union-Tribune)  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, and his wife, Margaret, were indicted Tuesday …
Discussion: Boing Boing
Associated Press:   US Rep Duncan Hunter, wife indicted on corruption charges
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Rep. Duncan Hunter, wife charged with spending campaign money on personal expenses
Discussion: Mother Jones
Facebook:
Taking Down More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior  —  Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.  Some of this activity originated in Iran, and some originated in Russia.  These were distinct campaigns and we have not identified …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP's midterm nightmare: Party “looks like a criminal enterprise”  —  Corruption instantly becomes a centerpiece issue in the midterm campaigns — a huge new weight for Republicans in marginal races.  —  What we're hearing: With a corruption indictment of Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) …
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Investigators: Suspect in Mollie Tibbetts death is in custody, subject to immigration detainer  —  More than a month after Mollie Tibbetts went out for a jog and disappeared — and days after investigators searching for the missing Iowa college student said they were focusing their efforts …
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MapLight:
Top Republican on Tax Subcommittee Received Yacht Loan From Foreign Bank Lobbying on 2017 Tax Bill  —  As Republicans were finalizing tax cut legislation in late 2017, a foreign-owned bank seeking to shape the bill gave a seven-figure yacht loan to a top GOP lawmaker on the committee writing the measure …
Discussion: Florida Politics
Politico:
NAFTA ‘handshake’ deal with Mexico targeted for Thursday  —  The Trump administration is planning to formally announce on Thursday that it has reached a breakthrough in NAFTA talks with Mexico, clearing the way for Canada to rejoin negotiations to modernize the free trade pact, three sources close to the talks told POLITICO.
 
 
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