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'I am not protecting Mr. Trump anymore.' Michael Cohen ties the president to ongoing criminal probes

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Michael Cohen, the man tasked with keeping Donald Trump's deepest secrets, offered Congress a damning portrait of his former boss on Wednesday, saying the president encouraged him to lie to Congress and the public for Trump's protection.

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