President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during a rally Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, in Charleston, W.Va.
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President Donald Trump waves as he arrives to speak during a rally Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, in Charleston, W.Va.
President Donald Trump waves as he arrives to speak during a rally Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, in Charleston, W.Va.
Photo: Alex Brandon, AP
GOP — and some Democrats, too — reject talk of impeachment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Cohen's guilty plea implicating President Donald Trump in a crime is reverberating across the political landscape.
Republicans are rejecting talk of impeachment without evidence of Russian collusion. Democrats, meanwhile, are steering clear of the word, too, and are instead zeroing in on what they call a "cesspool" of corruption engulfing the White House.
Cohen, Trump's former personal lawyer, has accused the president of directing him to pay hush money to two women who say they had sexual relationships with Trump. Cohen pleaded guilty on Tuesday, the same day former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted of financial crimes.
Trump's strongest supporters are taking the view that, so far, there is just no case for impeachment.