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Two courtroom decisions within minutes of each other, each with eight convictions, against President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and campaign chairman engulfed Capitol Hill on Tuesday, where Republicans downplayed the connection of both cases to the White House while Democrats seized on the President's potential role and raised the prospect that he could have broken the law, too.

In an interview with Reuters on Monday, President Donald Trump tried to explain why he is wary of sitting down with special counsel Robert Mueller to answer questions about Russia's interference in the 2016 election and the possibility of collusion between his campaign and the Russians.

A Catholic priest in Pennsylvania is facing criminal charges, the Lehigh County district attorney's office said.

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels, tells CNN's Wolf Blitzer that they feel vindicated after Michael Cohen pleaded guilty.