Commentaries And Reactions To The Manafort Conviction And Cohen Plea Deal

Peter Apps, Reuters: The messy meaning of the Manafort and Cohen cases

The mixed verdict in the trial of Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, along with the guilty plea on campaign finance violations by the U.S. president’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is a sign of just how messy – and perhaps inconclusive – Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election will be. But Tuesday’s events also point to a broader destabilization in U.S. politics.

As November’s midterm elections approach, Trump is increasingly hostile to swathes of the U.S. national security, intelligence and law enforcement establishment. He is also getting better at manipulating Washington’s levers of power, and as he relies on whipping up his electoral base ahead of the vote, he’s increasingly likely to turn the latest legal developments to his advantage.

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WNU Editor: As to what is my take on yesterday's plea deal and conviction? After all of this time this is all that they have? Where does the Mueller Counsel go from here? Who will they target next? Where is the Russian collusion? What is next? The goal of the Mueller Counsel is to get President Trump .... but I do not see how that can happen with the conclusion of yesterday's court cases.

Commentaries And Reactions To The Manafort Conviction And Cohen Plea Deal

Q&A: What Cohen’s plea and Manafort’s verdict mean for Trump -- AP
Political storm around Trump leads to 'talk of impeachment' — but it's not likely -- Holly Ellyatt, CNBC
‘It’s the only excuse they’ll need’: Legal blows fuel impeachment fears -- Christopher Cadelago, ANdrew Restuccia, Nancy Cook and Daniel Lippman, Politico
The Memo: Cohen, Manafort hurricane hits Trump -- Niall Stanage, The Hill
The Worst Day Yet of Trump’s Presidency -- Matt Ford, New Republic
'It's a bad day for the president and I'm sure he understands that,' Chris Christie says as even Trump's FRIENDS concede the bad news of Cohen's guilty plea -- Daily Mail
Some witch hunt! Trump opponents and celebrities are triumphant after Cohen pleads guilty and Manafort is convicted and the internet erupts in memes -- Daily Mail
'How ya like me now?' Stormy Daniels gloats after Michael Cohen's guilty plea over hush money payoff as the porn star's lawyer claims plea will allow him to DEPOSE Trump in civil suit -- Daily Mail
Michael Cohen's attorney begs for cash from supporters and opens up a GoFundMe - even though Trump's former lawyer has a newly-refurbished Park Avenue apartment and banked $30,000 negotiating sale of a single French handbag -- Daily Mail
Analysis: With Cohen plea, GOP faces familiar Trump quandary -- Julie Pace, AP
Jolted by ex-allies' criminal cases, Trump faces election and legal risks -- Steve Holland and James Oliphant, Reuters
Manafort guilty verdicts raise chances of pardon by Trump -- Jonathan Turley, The Hill
After Trump's 'Black Tuesday,' pardons would doom him -- Brent Budowsky, The Hill
Cohen's plea deal is prosecutor's attempt to set up Trump -- Mark Penn, The Hill
Ignore the Noise, Mueller Still Has Nothing -- George Neumayr, Spectator
Donald Trump's reckoning has arrived -- Richard Wolffe, The Guardian
Follow the money: how Mueller's team made the Manafort case -- Nathan Layne and Karen Freifeld, Reuters
Mueller wins more than a conviction in Manafort case -- Darren Samuelsohn and Josh Gerstein, Politico
Inside catch and kill: Cohen, a porn star and ‘Individual 1’ -- Eric Tucker, AP
Manafort, Cohen developments fuel partisan furor over Mueller probe -- S.A. Miller, The Washington Times
Indictments? Impeachment? A look at Trump’s legal woes -- AP
Factbox: Under investigation or convicted - current and ex-Trump aides facing scrutiny -- Reuters
Timeline: From ‘nothing to see here’ to Cohen’s guilty pleas -- AP