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Directed michael cohen to make a pair of illegal payments during the race. president trump touted the documents as vindication because they did not contain evidence of russian collusion, but it did link the president directly to payments which he denied knowledge of. the payments to two women who tried to come forward with allegations of affairs during the election. all of this comes during the staff shake up. the president announced john kelly, the white house chief of staff, would leave the administration by the end of the year. the first choice for the job, nick ayers. the curt curt -- the ...