Stage is set for end of Trump presidency after lawyer names him a co-conspirator

Marian Kamensky, a cartoonist for satirical magazines in Europe, labels his vision "Guilty," showing prison jumpsuits for lawyer Michael Cohen; ex-Campaign Manager Paul Manafort, who was found guilty this week; and President Trump, but he is getting far ahead of events.

By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Suddenly, events have caught up to Donald J. Trump, the New York developer, con man, liar and racist who many believe stole the 2016 presidential election with the help of Russia.

Michael Cohen, the lawyer who worked as Trump's fixer, pleaded guilty in federal court this week to several violations of campaign-finance laws in 2016, and named Trump as his co-conspirator.

Referring to Cohen's plea, The Washington Post's Fact Checker said on Friday:

"There's no question Trump lied -- repeatedly, intentionally, over more than a year, enlisting top aides and advisors to further the deception -- to cover up the hush money he arranged during the 2016 campaign" for two women who had separate affairs with Trump.

What is astounding is that the report is the first time the newspaper used the word "lie" to describe a statement from President Trump.

The Post's Fact Checker is a prime example of how the news media failed us during the 2016 campaign, and after Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2017.

No reporter from that august publication, The New York Times or any other medium has confronted Trump and asked him to "stop lying to the American people" about everything he's done, especially his rollback of Barack Obama's policies.

"The president has made a staggering 4,229 false or misleading claims since taking office to the end of July, according to our database," Fact Checker's Salvador Rizzo reported.

"In many of those cases," claimed Rizzo, "it's not possible to tell whether Trump was intentionally fibbing or simply careless or wrong."

"Careless"? Give me a break.

Mueller and Trump

Meanwhile, on Thursday, The Times published a long article on how the Mueller investigation might play out for Trump:

How Mueller's Investigation Could End

From Jeff Darcy, staff cartoonist for Cleveland.com.

From David Fitzsimmons, cartoonist for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson.