Manafort plea dealFormer Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort agrees to cooperate with federal prosecutors, in a deal that will later fall apart when Manafort, prosecutors allege, continues to lie to them. Ford testifiesDr Christine Blasey Ford tells the Senate judiciary committee that Trump’s pick for supreme court justice, Brett Kavanaugh, assaulted her. Asked if she was sure her attacker was Kavanaugh, she replied: “100%.” Kavanaugh denies the allegations, and his confirmation to the supreme court goes ahead. “Thank you all!”Hostile press conferenceIn a news conference after the election, Trump threatens a “warlike” response if Democrats investigate him and yelled down multiple journalists. Trump ‘directed’ Cohen – prosecutorsFederal prosecutors in New York say Trump directed Cohen to make hush payments that resulted in felony campaign finance convictions for Cohen.

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2018 06:01 UTC