Manafort and Cohen Updates; Investigating Yeshivas; Meet the AG Candidates: Sean Patrick Maloney; The Implications of the Manafort & Cohen Cases for POTUS

Coming up on today's show:

• Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy and host of the Trump Inc. podcast at WNYC, and Ilya Marritz, WNYC reporter and host of the Trump Inc. podcast at WNYC, talk about the latest developments in the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s plea deal with prosecutors.
• Josh Nathan-Kazis, staff writer for The Forward, breaks down a letter from the city that claims some Yeshivas are resisting investigation into whether they provide adequate instruction in subjects mandated by state law. Naftuli Moster, founder and executive director of YAFFED, and Rabbi David Zweibel, discuss the investigation with perspective from inside the Orthodox community.
• Sean Patrick Maloney, U.S. Representative (D-NY18), talks about his bid for the Democratic nomination for New York attorney general in the primary election on September 13th.
• Jami Floyd, host of WNYC's All Things Considered and legal analyst , talks about what the legal and political implications of yesterday's bombshell guilty pleas from the president's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, are for the president, plus what the Manafort verdict means for the Mueller investigation and Trump.