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Cohen plea should focus attention on the failure of the US constitutional system

  • Written by Chris Edelson, Assistant Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs

Michael Cohen’s guilty plea on Aug. 21 has some observers wondering whether Donald Trump’s presidency can survive.

As part of his plea, Cohen stated under oath that Trump directed him to make illegal hush payments intended to influence the 2016 election by hiding stories that could have been damaging to then-candidate Trump....

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