MSNBC Deadline White House June 4, 2024 04:37:00
Had to keep alive was the 2018 prosecution of mr. cohen, the president's former lawyer that august cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations over payments he arranged before the 2016 election to keep two women from disclosing affairs they had with trump. berman did not participate in the investigation because he had volunteered for the campaign, but he was later briefed on the interference in the case. before the plea, berman writes, as his office was preparing a charging document, detailing the crimes, a justice department official badgered his deputy, mr. kazumi, without success, t...