2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic Sen. Chris Coons said if President Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to make illegal hush payments during the 2016 election then he could be indicted after he leaves office…In a sentencing memo on Friday [12-7-18], prosecutors from the Manhattan US attorney’s office said Cohen acted at the direction of Trump to make payments to silence women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump prior to his time running for office…When asked if Trump has committed impeachable offenses, Coons said: ‘I can’t reach that conclusion yet,’ adding as a member of the Senate he would ‘ultimately be sitting as literally a member of the jury’ if impeachment proceedings were to proceed. When asked how the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives should proceed, Coons urged the new majority to focus on proposing legislation to help ‘average Americans.'”
–Kate Sullivan, “Democratic senator says Trump could be indicted after he leaves office,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, December 10, 2018 8:56 pm