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Michael Cohen Acknowledges Payments to Boost Trump in Online Polls

January 17, 2019

by Maggie Haberman | The New York Times

Michael D. Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for President Trump, acknowledged on Thursday that he had paid the owner of a technology services company to help doctor results of an online poll to help Mr. Trump as he considered a run for president.

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Russian lawyer at Trump Tower meeting charged in separate case

January 8, 2019

by Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotsky | The Washington Post

A Russian lawyer whose role at a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower has come under scrutiny from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III was charged Tuesday in a separate case with obstructing justice in a money-laundering investigation.

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Legal dilemmas and a shutdown showdown

December 14, 2018

Are we headed toward a partial government shutdown?

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December 12, 2018

Have you been keeping up this week? Check out these stories you might have missed.

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Court filings directly implicate Trump in efforts to buy women’s silence, reveal new contact between inner circle and Russian

December 8, 2018

by Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky | The Washington Post

Federal prosecutors filed new court papers Friday directly implicating President Trump in plans to buy women’s silence as far back as 2014 and offering new evidence of Russian efforts to forge a political alliance with Trump before he became president — disclosures that show the deepening political and legal morass enveloping the administration.