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Article snippet: Michael Cohen’s guilty plea this week raised questions about MORE's involvement in an illegal campaign-finance scheme. Here is what we know about the situation. Cohen’s guilty plea Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, said he broke campaign-finance laws at the behest of then-candidate Trump in order to silence allegations from two women who say they had sex with Trump. Prosecutors said that nondisclosure payments Cohen arranged for the two women, Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels, broke the legal limit on individual donations to a political campaign and violated the law banning corporations from giving directly to a candidate. The most stunning moment came when Cohen implicated Trump in the scheme, saying in a Manhattan courtroom that he acted “in coordination with, and at the direction of, a candidate for federal office” and “for the principal purpose of influencing the election.” Court documents revealed the extent of Trump’s supposed involvement, detailing how Cohen turned in fraudulent invoices in order to receive money back from Trump. Why it matters for Trump It’s highly unlikely that Trump would face criminal charges while in office. Justice Department guidelines state that a sitting president cannot be indicted for a crime and special counsel MORE has reportedly told Trump’s lawyers he will abide by that policy. Cohen’s decision to implicate Trump could open up the president to impeachment proceedings, however. Democratic leaders in Congress have shie... Link to the full article to read more