Trumplandia in Shambles & Shackles: With Special Guest Cheri Jacobus

When federal prosecutors recommended a substantial prison term for
President Trump’s former lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, they linked Mr.
Trump to the crimes Mr. Cohen had committed in connection with the
2016 presidential campaign. What the prosecutors did not say in Mr.
Cohen’s sentencing memorandum filed on Friday, however, is
that they have continued to scrutinize what other executives in the
president’s family business may have known about those crimes,
which involved hush-money payments to two women who had said they
had affairs with Mr. Trump. After Mr. Cohen pleaded guilty in
August to breaking campaign finance laws and other crimes — he
will be sentenced on Wednesday — the federal prosecutors in
Manhattan shifted their attention to what role, if any, Trump
Organization executives played in the campaign finance violations,
according to people briefed on the matter. Mr. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s
self-described fixer, has provided assistance in that inquiry,
which is separate from the investigation by the special counsel,
Robert S. Mueller III. Read More: https://nyti.ms/2L6QF6S