Is America able to grin and bear a president violating the law?

Michael Cohen’s guilty plea means the prospect of a criminal prosecution now looms large over the rest of Trump’s presidency, writes Noah Feldman.

Is America able to grin and bear a president violating the law?

Michael Cohen’s guilty plea means the prospect of a criminal prosecution now looms large over the rest of Trump’s presidency, writes Noah Feldman

It’s happened: Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, admitted in open court on Tuesday to violating federal campaign finance laws — at the direction of a candidate who told him to do so.

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