It has been, by all accounts, a nightmarish week for the president, and the lawyers surrounding President Donald Trump have done little to make things better in the wake of Paul Manafort’s conviction.

The president—who once bemoaned “Where’s my Roy Cohn”—prizes loyalty in his lawyers. But this week, it was the attorneys in Trump’s orbit who ultimately caused the most trouble for him, and deepened his legal and political woes.