Analysis: As Cohen heads to prison, Trump is ensnared in more questions about possible illegal behavior
Michael Cohen, former attorney to President Trump, leaves his apartment building before beginning his prison term May 6 in New York. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow May 6 at 2:32 PM President Trump picked an interesting day to insist that he and his allies had scrupulously avoided breaking the law.
The campaign finance violations Trump’s supporters are quick to point out that Cohen’s punishment is largely a function of crimes he committed that are independent of Trump. He admitted in federal court to several acts of tax and bank fraud that were a function of his personal actions. Those crimes were part of what the sentencing judge in Cohen’s case called a “veritable smorgasbord of fraudulent conduct,” with the judge noting that each of the crimes to which Cohen had admitted guilt was “a serious offense against the United States.”
The evidence of obstruction That opinion became important in the wake of the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The second volume of that report details 10 separate incidents in which Trump appeared to have been trying to impede Mueller’s investigation.
With Mueller declining to offer an opinion on whether Trump’s actions were prosecutable, Attorney General William P. Barr stepped in: They weren’t, Barr said. In other words, just as active federal prosecutors believed that Trump was involved in Cohen’s violations of campaign finance law, these former prosecutors think that Trump could be shown to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt on the question of obstruction.
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