2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the high-stakes battle between President Donald Trump and Michael Cohen, some of the people in their immediate orbit are ending up as collateral hits. Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer dropped several names of people in Trump’s inner circle Wednesday during his nationally televised testimony before the House Oversight Committee, including the president’s adult children and top executives at his namesake company, The Trump Organization. Cohen also fingered Trump’s first 2016 campaign manager and the legal team surrounding the president. It’s unclear whether any of the people Cohen referenced will face any kind of criminal charges or other legal consequences, though during his testimony he declined to answer several lawmakers’ questions about them because they’re part of ongoing federal investigations. Any conflict between Cohen’s account and anything those he mentioned might have told investigators could also be fodder for future legal tangles. Many of the individuals the former Trump lawyer cited have now given their own statements to federal prosecutors and in some cases Congressional committees, creating possible legal exposure over any discrepancies.”
–Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein and Anita Kumar, “Trump’s inner circle sustains collateral damage in Cohen hearing,” Politico, February 27, 2019 9:52 pm