President Donald Trump’s embattled former lawyer Michael Cohen, whose files were seized in an April raid, pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan Tuesday afternoon to tax crimes, bank fraud and two campaign finance charges "at the direction of a candidate." Bystanders chanted, "Lock him up" as he left court, and Deputy U.S. Attorney Robert S. Khuzami discussed the case.


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