Can Mueller Indict the Trump Organization?
Michael Cohen's Tuesday guilty plea to eight charges, including campaign finance violations, raised questions about whether Special Counsel Robert Mueller's next move could be to indict the Trump Organization, the Trump campaign, or even the president himself.
As part of Cohen’s plea deal, the president's former personal attorney admitted that "in coordination and at the direction of” then-candidate Donald Trump, he violated campaign finance laws when he paid off two women for their silence over alleged affairs with Trump “for the principal purpose of influencing the election.”
Those payments included $130,000 to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels and $150,000 to former Playboy model Karen McDougal through the use of shell companies. Those payments were later allegedly reimbursed to him by the Trump Organization.
Former federal prosecutors tell Newsweek while it’s plausible the Trump Organization or campaign could be indicted based on their alleged involvement in Cohen’s crimes, it’s unlikely the president himself would be indicted. The Department of Justice has a policy not to indict a sitting U.S. president because it would “undermine the capacity of the executive branch.” When it comes to impeachment, that would be entirely left up to Congress.
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