Politics A.M.: Trump’s falsehoods on hush-money payments are ‘coming home to roost’

Mueller's treatment of cooperating witnesses suggests end of Russia investigation may be near; Cohen says Trump knew hush-money payments were wrong, contradicting his former boss

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