Article snippet: Prosecutors on Friday made a series of bombshell filings in the cases of Michael Cohen and MORE. Federal prosecutors in New York said that Trump directed Cohen, his former personal attorney and “fixer,” to steer money to pay off two women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump in order to prevent negative information from surfacing that would hurt his chances in the 2016 election. Meanwhile, special counsel MORE described Cohen’s cooperation in his sprawling Russia investigation as useful and ongoing and in a separate filing accused Manafort, the president’s former campaign chairman, of lying to investigators about his contacts with Trump administration officials that extended into 2018. Here are the key takeaways about what the filings mean for Trump and the Mueller investigation going forward: Focus appears to increasingly be on Trump Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York said for the first time on Friday that Cohen acted “in coordination with and at the direction” of Trump when he organized payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, women who claimed that they had affairs with Trump in 2006. Trump has denied the alleged affairs. Prosecutors argue Cohen steered payments to buy the women's stories in order to prevent them from coming to light during the 2016 campaign. Prosecutors also said Cohen coordinated with “one or more members of the campaign” and acted deliberately with the “intent” to influence the elec... Link to the full article to read more