On Tuesday, two major developments unfolded involving people close to President Trump.

Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s former fixer, pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws and other charges, admitting that he arranged payments to two women “at the direction” of Mr. Trump to secure the women’s silence about affairs they said they had had with him.

Minutes later, Mr. Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was convicted in his financial fraud trial in Virginia. The special counsel had argued that Mr. Manafort hid millions of dollars in foreign accounts to evade taxes and lied to banks to obtain millions of dollars in loans.

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So what happens now? We’ll help you sort out what the big day in court means for Mr. Cohen, Mr. Manafort and Mr. Trump.