Trump receives two hard blows three months before the legislative elections

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The former lawyer of the president and the former head of his electoral campaign have been found guilty of several crimes. One of them, in addition, has said that Trump urged him to commit a crime.

 

Donald Trump, president of the United States, has received a double setback in his term, with only a few minutes of difference. Two former advisers face prison charges, and some of them have said that the president asked him to commit a crime, something that in all likelihood may affect the Republican prospects in the midterms, the upcoming general elections in November.

In different courts, Trump's former campaign manager has been convicted of crimes of tax evasion and bank fraud, while the former personal lawyer of the president, Michael Cohen, has pleaded guilty to several crimes.

"We have baptized Michael 'the Rat' Cohen," said a source close to the president. "A bad day for the local team," added the source, recognizing that these events could influence voter turnout and increase the risk that Republicans lose a majority of 23 seats in the House of Representatives. "This hurts our prospects in the face of midterms," he admitted.

In addition, a Democratic victory would limit Trump's ability to push through legislation and increase the risk of petitions in favor of his 'impeachment'.

Trump's plea pleads guilty to violating electoral campaign rules

Michael Cohen, the ex-lawyer of Donald Trump, has today pleaded guilty to several crimes, including violating the rules of financing of electoral campaigns to buy the silence of women who had alleged relations with the now president of the United States.

After months in the center of investigations, Cohen has finally accepted an agreement with the authorities, who also persecuted him for alleged tax evasion and bank fraud.

In addition, Cohen has also testified that Trump urged him to commit a crime by agreeing payments to silence two women who claimed to have had an 'affair' with the president before the 2016 presidential election.

The lawyer, who will be released on bail, will know his sentence on December 12 and faces the possibility of spending several years in jail, according to several American media.

 

A court finds the former head of his election campaign guilty

Paul Manafort, head of US President Donald Trump's election campaign, has been convicted of eight of the 18 charges of bank and tax fraud he was accused of.

A federal jury in Virginia has declared Manafort guilty of five counts of tax fraud, two of bank fraud and one for hiding bank accounts abroad.

Defense attorney Richard Westling has asked judge T.S. Ellis to grant them a period of 30 days to file an appeal requesting the total acquittal of the former campaign manager.

"Mr. Manafort is disappointed that he did not get the acquittal or a full decision on all the charges, he is currently evaluating all the options," said another of his lawyers, Kevin Downing.

Downing has also expressed Manafort's thanks to the judge for guaranteeing "a fair trial" and the jury for "their long and difficult deliberations."

The Manafort case is part of the investigations of special prosecutor Robert Mueller on the alleged interference of Russia in the presidential elections of 2016 and the alleged links between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign.

"It has nothing to do with me"

US President Donald Trump has tried to distance himself from this conviction on charges of bank and tax fraud.

"I feel very bad for Paul Manafort, it has nothing to do with me, nothing to do with the collusion of Russia," Trump said when arriving in West Virginia.