The following article by Tal Axelrod and Brett Samuels was posted on the Hill website August 21, 2018:
Longtime Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors in Manhattan regarding banking and tax fraud allegations, according to multiple reports.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York’s office is running the probe, but any cooperation could extend to other federal investigations.
Beyond the banking and tax fraud charges, Cohen is being investigated for campaign finance violations for his role in alleged payments he coordinated to women who claimed to have had sexual encounters with President Trump in order to buy their silence about their allegations.