Democrats are overreacting to the Michael Cohen guilty plea

Published August 22, 2018 3:34pm ET



While Democrats got excited that Michael Cohen, former personal attorney to Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bank fraud, tax fraud, and campaign finance violations, here’s why Cohen’s plea isn’t the Left’s ticket to the end of the Trump administration.

1. Plea agreements are often, by definition, legal fiction.

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