2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Testimony by Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and ‘fixer,’ to a U.S. congressional committee on Wednesday [2-27-19] highlighted several legal risks Trump may face. Among his claims, Cohen said the Republican president directed ‘hush money’ payments ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and that Trump knew in advance that the Wikileaks website planned to release hacked emails damaging to his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. The U.S. Justice Department for decades has held the position that a sitting president cannot face criminal charges, though some lawyers disagree with that conclusion. Under the U.S. Constitution, a president can be impeached by Congress for ‘high crimes and misdemeanours’ and removed from office. Trump also could face criminal charges after leaving office. Trump and his supporters have called Cohen a liar trying to reduce his prison time after pleading guilty to a series of federal criminal charges.”
–Jan Wolfe, “Explainer: What legal risks does Cohen’s testimony pose to Trump?,” Reuters, February 27, 2019 6:45 pm