Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer, pleaded guilty this week to eight federal crimes, including tax evasion, making false statements to a bank and campaign-finance violations. The plea capped a monthslong investigation into his business dealings and implicated the president in the campaign-related payments. Here’s what the case is about and how campaign-finance laws work. How exactly did Michael Cohen break...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 23, 2018 19:48 UTC