Jeffrey Toobin: “Cohen chose to do Trump’s bidding for a decade, and that included lying to reporters and others as well as committing felonies on his boss’s behalf. In pleading guilty to all the counts against him, he surrendered his right to contest the charges before a jury. In the light of all this, Cohen has at best a modest claim on our sympathies. And yet there can be little doubt that he is a fall guy in Trump’s web of misconduct, and these days he looks like a victim as well as a perpetrator.”
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