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Michael Cohen’s guilty plea landed like a direct hit: federal prosecutors said he coordinated hush-money payments to influence the 2016 election, and the filing tied the scheme to campaign contacts. For Trump, the damage was immediate because the story was no longer just sleaze; it was a sworn admission from his longtime fixer that the payments were made to help the campaign.
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Michael Cohen’s guilty plea landed like a direct hit: federal prosecutors said he coordinated hush-money payments to influence the 2016 election, and the filing tied the scheme to campaign contacts. For Trump, the damage was immediate because the story was no longer just sleaze; it was a sworn admission from his longtime fixer that the payments were made to help the campaign.
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Michael Cohen’s guilty plea landed like a direct hit: federal prosecutors said he coordinated hush-money payments to influence the 2016 election, and the filing tied the scheme to campaign contacts. For Trump, the damage was immediate because the story was no longer just sleaze; it was a sworn admission from his longtime fixer that the payments were made to help the campaign.
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