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Sunday, August 26, 2018

News Alert: GOP divided over midterm threat posed by Trump's legal travails

 
 
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GOP divided over midterm threat posed by Trump's legal travails
Republicans are divided over whether President Trump’s escalating legal problems pose a major threat to their Senate and House majorities in November.

The emerging consensus is that the House GOP is likely to bear the brunt of the damage as the party seeks to defend 25 seats carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016, while Democrats need to flip 23 to capture the lower chamber.

But some Republicans say one legal issue in particular is shaping up to be a broader political challenge for the GOP: former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s claim that the president directed him to pay hush money to two women during the 2016 campaign.
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