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Five Things You Need to Read Today

1. Let No More Be Heard of Confidence in Man

I speculated a while back that the legal problems of Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, might come back to haunt the president--and lead to "The Clinton Impeachment Rerun We Didn't Want But Probably Deserve." It looks like Trump's lawyer is a shady operator, and it looks like he is mitigating his criminal liability by ratting out his most famous client.

Hence the news from Cohen's latest plea deal, by way of David French at National Review.

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