<em>The Atlantic </em>Daily: A Long, Slow Slide
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Manafort’s Misstep: Federal prosecutors in Robert Mueller’s investigation say that Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, who’s now awaiting trial for conspiracy and money-laundering charges, attempted to coach the testimony of one of his former associates. Legal experts say the alleged witness tampering is a puzzling move, as Manafort must have known that his communications were being monitored while he was under house arrest. Natasha Bertrand explains what he might have been thinking.
First Lady Melania Trump made her first official appearance in more than three weeks at it isn’t so remarkable in the context of Meanwhile, President Trump from the White House, claiming that some of the Super Bowl champions had backed out over his support for the NFL’s national-anthem policy. As Yoni Appelbaum writes, there’s precedent for this decision, and it raises the question:
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