A guilty verdict, a guilty plea, and an indictment. What a week in national politics.POLITICO reporting referenced in this segment:<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/22/trump-west-virginia-cohen-manafort-791278">Inside the Trump bubble, 'Sympathy for the Devil' but no talk of Cohen</a> By Lorraine Woellert<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/22/trump-reality-manafort-cohen-fallout-793749">Trump paints his own reality amid legal fallout </a>By Andrew Restuccia and Nancy Cook <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/23/trump-scandals-midterm-elections-794072">‘A new cherry put on top of the story of corruption’: Trump scandal fallout hangs over midterms</a> By Natasha Korecki and James Arkin<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/22/mollie-tibbetts-death-donald-trump-791461">Trump’s new rallying cry: Mollie Tibbetts</a> By Natasha Korecki<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/21/duncan-hunter-indicted-790861">Hunter indictment could jeopardize GOP seat</a> By John Bresnahan and Rachael Bade<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/08/duncan-hunter-campaign-funds-fbi-397621">From Fallujah to FBI investigation: The undoing of Duncan Hunter</a> By Rachael Bade and John Bresnahan <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/09/duncan-hunter-republican-california-midterms-572911">‘People are afraid of retribution’: Hunter clan fights for survival</a> By Rachael Bade

Trump's pre-Magna Carta mindset

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