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posted onAugust 23, 2018
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The moves stoke speculation that the Elizabeth Warren may be preparing for a presidential run in 2020.   The state’s first openly transgender candidate for Congress, Alexandra Chandler, says she intends to put another voice to November’s closely watched ballot measure on transgender rights.  The TV spot — which disclosed that the RGA was a donor but didn’t divulge how much it contributed — began running in local markets last week,  Before you dismiss H.

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onAugust 23, 2018
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Facing a growing threat to his presidency, Donald Trump on Wednesday accused his former lawyer of making up ‘‘stories in order to get a ‘deal’’’ from federal prosecutors.  As reporters peppered President Trump’s spokeswoman with question after question about Cohen and Manafort, she repeated the same mantra over and over.  One Boston attorney called Michael Cohen’s guilty plea “clearly the most pressing legal threat to Donald Trump to date.”   Evan Horowitz | Quick Study President Trump has been implicated in an election-related crime — a crime that may have helped him capture the presidenc

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onAugust 23, 2018
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Facing a growing threat to his presidency, Donald Trump on Wednesday accused his former lawyer of making up ‘‘stories in order to get a ‘deal’’’ from federal prosecutors.  As reporters peppered President Trump’s spokeswoman with question after question about Cohen and Manafort, she repeated the same mantra over and over.  One Boston attorney called Michael Cohen’s guilty plea “clearly the most pressing legal threat to Donald Trump to date.”   Evan Horowitz | Quick Study President Trump has been implicated in an election-related crime — a crime that may have helped him capture the presidenc

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onAugust 23, 2018
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Facing a growing threat to his presidency, Donald Trump on Wednesday accused his former lawyer of making up ‘‘stories in order to get a ‘deal’’’ from federal prosecutors.  As reporters peppered President Trump’s spokeswoman with question after question about Cohen and Manafort, she repeated the same mantra over and over.  One Boston attorney called Michael Cohen’s guilty plea “clearly the most pressing legal threat to Donald Trump to date.”   Evan Horowitz | Quick Study President Trump has been implicated in an election-related crime — a crime that may have helped him capture the presidenc

Michael Cohen pleads guilty to eight counts | TheHill

posted onAugust 22, 2018
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Michael Cohen, who worked for years as MORE’s personal attorney, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges of bank fraud, tax fraud and campaign finance law violations, delivering a potentially significant legal blow to the president. Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts total, including five counts of tax evasion and one count of making a false statement to a financial institution. Deputy U.S.

Jury convicts Manafort on eight felony counts | TheHill

posted onAugust 22, 2018
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former Trump campaign chairman MORE was found guilty in a Virginia courtroom on Tuesday of eight charges of bank and tax fraud.  The jury found Manafort guilty on five charges of filing false income tax returns, one count of failing to report foreign bank accounts and two counts of bank fraud.  Manafort looked stunned after the verdict was read, and the courtoom was silent and still.