On Tuesday, President Trump’s personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen pled guilty to a variety of charges, including — most importantly for Trump — campaign finance violations. Cohen told investigators that he had spent money in excess of campaign limits to silence Trump’s former paramours Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels, “in coordination and at the direction of a candidate for federal office.” Cohen stated that the purpose of such silencing was “for the principal purpose of influencing the election.”
This raises a series of uncomfortable questions for President Trump. Here are the most important ones.
