If ‘Terrible Tuesday’ is just another day, we’ve got problems

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August 23, 2018 - 10:05 AM

Paul Manafort is escorted to his arraignment on a variety of financial crimes in State Supreme Court in New York on June 27, 2019. Photo by (Alec Tabak/New York Daily News/TNS)

As long as the U.S. economy is strong, conservatives will continue to bless Donald Trump. As if there were any question.
Tuesday, though, was a test.
That afternoon, two of President Trump’s closest advisers were found guilty in separate criminal trials. Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump’s longtime personal attorney, pleaded guilty to eight felony accounts including paying hush money to two women in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, as well as admitting to tax fraud, multiple counts of tax evasion and bank fraud.
Within an hour, Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former…

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