Implicating the President

Published: Aug. 22, 2018, 9:51 a.m.

Michael Cohen, President Trump\u2019s former personal lawyer, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to campaign finance violations \u2014 and said Mr. Trump himself had ordered the crimes. Minutes later, Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, was convicted of financial fraud in the first trial resulting from the special counsel\u2019s investigation. Guest: Joseph Kahn, the managing editor of The New York Times. For more information on today\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.