Opinion: Michael Cohen’s testimony reminds us that Trump’s investigations are far from over
By David Ignatius David Ignatius Columnist covering foreign affairs Email Bio Follow Columnist February 28 at 5:30 PM We were reminded of an explosive political fact this week: The investigations of President Trump’s activities won’t end when special counsel Robert S. Mueller III presents his report to the Justice Department. They’ll move into a new and potentially more divisive phase.
Cohen, with his raspy voice and baggy-eyed face, spoke like a penitent mobster as he offered new evidence about what he alleged was Trump’s role in both directing hush-money payments to an adult-film star and massaging financial documents to gain more loans from Deutsche Bank. Cohen also claimed to have “understood the code” on what he asserted was Trump’s record as a “con man” and “cheat.” Congressional committees are already drawing up witness lists to pursue those threads.
Mueller’s findings about Trump’s possible obstruction of justice are more difficult to predict. But even if he has evidence of obstruction, Mueller appears to favor a political adjudication, through the constitutional process of impeachment, rather than a legal one through indictment and trial.
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