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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    White House does damage control now that two Trump advisors are convicted felons

    Two of President Trump’s former close advisors are guilty.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 22, 2018 • 1 min read

    Two of President Trump’s former close advisors are guilty. One of them, Michael Cohen, basically said in federal court that Trump participated in a criminal conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws -- when he ordered Cohen to pay hush money to two women who said they had affairs with him. Today, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump did nothing wrong.

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Era of paranoid parenting: Why kids can't be left alone
    1. 0:00White House does damage control now that two Trump advisors are convicted felonsYou’re reading this
    2. 14:22California Congressman and wife indicted on scores of campaign finance charges
    3. 22:43Is it dangerous to leave your kids in the car while you go into a store?
    4. 39:34Why there are more mosquitos in LA now
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