In This Episode
The President has been implicated by his lawyer in a crime that involves the cover-up of extramarital affairs through illegal campaign contributions, and Republicans in Congress refuse to do anything about it. Then CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin joins Jon and Dan to talk about what’s next for the Mueller investigation, the Kavanaugh confirmation battle, and his new podcast, “RBG: Beyond Notorious.”
Show Notes:
Flynn
- Politico: Mueller seeks to push back Flynn sentencing again
- Associated Press: Michael Flynn not yet ready to be sentenced, prosecutors say
- Media Matters: Sean Hannity promotes Mike Flynn’s legal defense fund
Manafort
- New York Times: Paul Manafort, Trump’s Former Campaign Chairman, Guilty of 8 Counts
- NBC News: The nightmare is just beginning for Paul Manafort
- Vanity Fair: “A complete defeat”: Paul Manafort becomes a casualty of Trumpworld
- Vox: What’s next for Mueller’s investigation after Manafort’s conviction?
- Daily Beast: Manafort’s Choices: Work With Mueller, Wish for Trump Pardon, or Die in Prison
- New York Times: What the Manafort Verdict Means – Op-Ed
- The New Yorker: “The Worst Hour of His Entire Life”: Cohen, Manafort and the Twin Courtroom Dramas That Changed Trump’s Presidency
- New York Times: A One-Two Punch Puts Trump Back on His Heels
Cohen
- New York Times: Michael Cohen Says He Arranged Payments to Women at Trump’s Direction
- CNBC: Michael Cohen paid a mysterious tech company $50,000 ‘in connection with’ Trump’s campaign
- Wall Street Journal: N.Y. State Tax Office Subpoenas Michael Cohen Over Trump Foundation
- Wall Street Journal: Why Michael Cohen Agreed to Plead Guilty — And Implicate the President
- Empty Wheel: Trump’s Pecker Got Him in Legal Trouble Before Conspiring with Russia Did
- The New Yorker: With Michael Cohen’s Guilty Plea, President Trump Has Been Implicated in a Criminal Conspiracy
- Axios: Go deeper: How Michael Cohen’s guilty plea implicates Trump
- Lawfare: Michael Cohen Plea Agreement: Possible Meanings of the Campaign Finance Counts
- Washington Post: Trump campaign, tabloid publisher hatched plan to bury damaging stories, Cohen prosecutors allege
- Washington Post: After a fast turn against Trump, Michael Cohen threatens to leverage secrets against the president
- New York Times: Cohen Wasn’t Alone: Records Suggest Others in Trump Circle Had Role in Hush Money Arrangements
- The Hill: Giuliani says no allegations of wrongdoing by Trump, knocks Cohen for ‘lies’
- Empty Wheel: Cohen May Be Shopping a Cooperation Agreement; It’s Not Clear Anyone is Buying
- The Atlantic: Collusion Isn’t Trump’s Biggest Problem Anymore
- New York Times: Cohen and Manafort Are in Deeper Legal Trouble. Mueller could benefit.
- NBC News: Michael Cohen willing to share ‘all that he knows’ with Mueller, lawyer says
- CNN: Cohen lawyer says he would testify to Congress about Trump without immunity
Republican response
- New York Times: Trump Praises Manafort, Saying ‘Unlike Michael Cohen’ He ‘Refused to Break’
- USA Today: President Trump: Cohen payments weren’t illegal because they ‘came from me’
- Vox: In Fox interview, Trump seems to confess a campaign finance violation while trying to deny it
- Washington Post: Cohen’s claim about Trump may spark calls for impeachment but is unlikely to lead to charges
- Washington Post: Why Michael Cohen’s campaign finance crimes were more serious than the Obama campaign’s infraction
- NBC News: Trump cites ‘massive’ Obama campaign finance violation. Experts say Cohen’s case is different.
- The Guardian: Senior Republicans hesitate to criticise Trump after Manafort and Cohen verdicts
- CNN: Here’s what GOP lawmakers are saying– or not saying– about Cohen
- Politico: Fox anchor who interviewed Trump: He is looking to pardon Manafort
- Vox: Trump can absolutely pardon Paul Manafort
- Bloomberg: Trump Can Save Manafort with a Pardon. The Question Is, Will He?
Duncan Hunter indictment
- CNN: Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife indicted in use of campaign funds for personal expenses
- LA Times: Essential California: Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife are indicted
- Washington Post: 10 of the ickiest allegations in the Duncan Hunter indictment
- Roll Call: Hunter Indictment Shakes Up Race in GOP District
- Cook Political Report: CA-50: Hunter Indictment Moves Race from Solid to Lean Republican
- The Atlantic: Duncan Hunter’s Indictment Is a Threat to the Republican House Majority
Democrat response
- New York Times: A One-Two Punch Puts Trump back on His Heels
- CNN: Impeachment talk is still a no-go for Democrats hitting GOP’s ‘culture of corruption’
- Washington Post: In fallout from Trump controversies, Republicans warn Democrats will seek his impeachment. Democratic candidates are avoiding the word.
- New York Times: Republicans Urge Embattled Incumbents to Speak Out on Trump
- New York Times: When Is an Offense Impeachable? Look to the Framers for the Answer
- CNBC: Most Democrats avoid Trump impeachment talk, but billionaire Tom Steyer is preparing an ad blitz after Michael Cohen’s bombshell
- Vox: House Democrats just previewed how they’d investigate Cohen’s allegations if they win
Kava-nah
- CNN Politics: Democrats call for halt of Kavanaugh nomination in light of Cohen, Manafort news
- NBC News: Democrats demand delay in Kavannaugh confirmation, GOP downplays Trumpworld criminal woes
- New York Times: Roe Is ‘Settled Law,’ Kavanaugh Tells Collins. Democrats Aren’t Moved.
- Washington Post: Senate Democrats want to know whether Kavanaugh crossed line as source during Clinton probe
Jeffrey Toobin
- CNN: Toobin: If Trump lost election, he’d be charged
- CNN: Toobin: This is immense, unprecedented news
- The Hill: CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin: If Dems win the House, they could force Cohen to testify publicly
- Newsweek: CNN Requesting the Names of the Paul Manafort Jurors Suggests They’re Up to No Good – Opinion
- The New Yorker: Should Democrats Bother Fighting Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation? History Suggests Yes
- The New Yorker: How Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Could Undo Kennedy’s Legacy
- The New Yorker: The Supreme Court’s Gerrymandering Decisions Could Have Been Much Worse
- New CNN podcast: ‘RBG Beyond Notorious’
- The New Yorker: Heavyweight: How Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has Moved the Supreme Court
