In a split-screen whiplash, a regular Tuesday turned into a blockbuster, with two top people close to President Trump now facing prison.
First, it was Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, found guilty of tax evasion and bank fraud by a jury in Virginia. Minutes later, in New York, it was Trump’s longtime former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, pleading guilty to tax evasion, falsifying submissions to a bank and campaign finance violations.
The kicker was that Cohen said he made those unlawful contributions — intended to silence women who had dirt on Trump — at the president’s behest.
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