According to The Washington Post, this could be bad news for more than just the president’s former fixer:
The downfall of the hard-charging, high-profile lawyer has potential consequences far beyond Cohen, as authorities have alleged that Trump directed him in violating campaign finance laws. Facing his day of reckoning, Cohen laid plenty of the blame at the president’s feet, and his lawyer said he would continue to cooperate with the ongoing special counsel investigation of the president’s campaign.
Prosecutors also struck a deal with AMI, the publisher of The National Enquirer, which admitted to paying off a Playboy model who alleged a sexual affair with the president. And Michael Flynn has asked a federal judge to spare him from prison time for cooperating in the Mueller investigation.
Here is an explainer on everyone who’s been charged as a result of the Mueller investigation, courtesy of The New York Times.
As the Russia investigation moved forward, President Trump threatened to bring everything else to a halt. In a televised meeting with Senator Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and Representative Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, he vowed to shut down the government in order to get funding for his long-promised border wall. “You want to know something?” he asked, exasperated. “I’ll tell you what: I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck.”
And as the sun sets on a rough year for tech companies, Google took its turn before Congress. On Tuesday, CEO Sundar Pichai fielded questions about the search engine’s algorithms, alleged political bias and the company’s presence in China.
“Right now, if you Google the word ‘idiot,’ under images, a picture of Donald Trump comes up,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-CA, said during the hearing. “I just did that. How would that happen?”
We’ll get to all this and more.
Interview:
https://the1a.org/shows/2018-12-14/friday-news-roundup-domestic
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