Live Updates: Prosecutors Say Trump’s Attacks Are Threat to Trial

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Live Updates: Prosecutors Say Trump’s Attacks Are Threat to Trial
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I was curious about a specific term:

"In a pivotal stretch of testimony, David Pecker, the longtime publisher of The National Enquirer, described a 2015 meeting with Mr. Trump and his fixer at the time, Michael D. Cohen, at Mr. Trump’s midtown Manhattan headquarters.

Fixer
Noun
2. A person who uses influence or makes arrangements for another, especially by improper or unlawful means.

This is a bit circular as an explanation, but that’s actually what Cohen did for Trump.

Trump has referred to Cohen as a lawyer that helped him deal with things, and Cohen has fully admitted that he acted as a traditional fixer for Trump for years.

So.. yeah. The definition is spot on.

My point being that one doesn't need a fixer, unless one does illegal things. Can we not have criminals in places of power? Soonish?

Oh. Yup.
Your point in the first comment flew right over my head, but I agree fully.