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22:20, 22-Aug-2018
Trump: Cohen's campaign finance violations are 'not a crime'
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22:04, 25-Aug-2018
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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the campaign finance violations his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to in federal court on Tuesday were “not a crime,” even though prosecutors and Cohen agreed they were.
Screenshot from Trump's twitter handle
Screenshot from Trump's twitter handle
Trump made the claim in a post on Twitter without offering any evidence. In a separate tweet, he also said Cohen made up stories “in order to get a ‘deal’.”
Screenshot from Trump's twitter handle
Screenshot from Trump's twitter handle
Late Tuesday night, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts while former senior aide Paul Manafort was found guilty on eight charges, with the former implicated Trump in a crime.
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Source(s): Reuters