chief rallying cries along with "lock her up." 19 months into the trump administration, things seem swampier than ever. the president's former campaign chairman paul manafort and his personal lawyer michael cohen both convicted. his first national security adviser michael flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi. so did foreign policy adviser george papadopoulos whose bragging about dirt on hillary clinton kicked off the investigation and rick gates. with that crew, trump is on a path of being a class of his own potentially rivaling richard nixon. let me explain. only one person in the obama administration pled guilty to a crime and it was a misdemeanor. then-cia director david petraeus who pled guilty to removing classified information in connection with an affair. george w. bush, eight members of his administration got caught up in the jack abramoff lobbying scandals. there were 21 guilty pleas and ten prison sentences including scooter libby who was later pardoned by president trump.