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Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty of 8 charges

The outcome almost certainly guarantees years of prison for Manafort and established the ability of special counsel Robert Mueller’s team to persuade a jury of average citizens despite months of partisan attacks — including from Trump — on the investigation’s integrity.

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Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen pleads guilty in hush-money scheme

The campaign-finance violations involved payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model. Michael Cohen cast the payments as attempts to influence the 2016 election and said they were made “at the direction” of Donald Trump.

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