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WASHINGTON As he pleaded guilty in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday to violating federal campaign finance laws, Michael D. Cohen, President Trumps longtime fixer, put his future in the hands of the American legal system.
But the fate of Mr. Trump, the man who Mr. Cohen said directed him to break the law by making payments to a pornographic film actress and a former Playboy model, rests, in all likelihood, in the political arena and in the halls of Congress.
At least for now, the Republican Party continues to stand by the president. But with only weeks until the midterm elections, the question will soon be put before voters, who will decide whether to hand Congress and the power of investigation, subpoenas and, possibly, impeachment to the Democrats.
After Mr. Cohens pleas and a guilty verdict, minutes later, in the bank and tax fraud case against Mr. Trumps former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, Democrats wasted no time in demanding a congressional investigation into the Cohen affair and warned of an increasingly dangerous threat to the rule of law.
This is getting deeper and deeper, and its going to get more and more serious, said Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. Asked about the potential for an impeachment inquiry, Mr. Nadler said he wanted to see more evidence.
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Nothing will be done so long as the Republicans maintain control of Congress.
ffr
(22,671 posts)I'd bet money on it.
All these conseяvative criminal rats can only be sent to the bottom of the ocean if democrats win a supermajority in November.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)confession is certainly not good for Trump. The question is, will congress, whose members have been using government money to quietly pay off potential sexual harassment lawsuits for years, impeach someone over paying off people to keep quiet about consensual, though highly embarrassing, relationships. Unfortunately, I think there's too many skeletons in congress for them to want to get into this one. They'll punt for now and wait for charges related to Russia or obstruction of justice.