Danger grows for President TrumpFederal prosecutors announced on Wednesday that they had reached a deal with the publisher of The National Enquirer, American Media Inc., which admitted to paying off a Playboy model in 2016 in order to protect Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign. That payment, as well as one arranged by Mr. Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to the pornographic film star Stormy Daniels, are now being firmly framed by prosecutors as illegal campaign contributions. Related: Mr. Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for breaking campaign finance laws, tax evasion and lying to Congress. He said the payments were an effort to cover up the president’s “dirty deeds.” That claim is now corroborated by American Media, which is run by a longtime friend of Mr. Trump, David Pecker. Explainer: Here’s everyone who has been charged in the investigation by the special counsel, Robert Mueller, into possible links between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Source: New York Times December 13, 2018 10:25 UTC