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They did it to embarrass me


STFU you lying criminal. How many times has your story changed?

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/13/trump-cohens-...ss-me.html

President Donald Trump on Thursday again asserted that he bears no responsibility for the campaign finance violations committed by his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.

"They put that on to embarrass me. They put those two charges on to embarrass me. They're not criminal charges. What happened is either Cohen or the prosecutors, in order to embarrass me, said: 'Listen, I'm making this deal for reduced time and everything else. Do me a favor and put these two charges on,'" Trump claimed in an interview with Fox News.

Trump made the comments one day after Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for crimes that included tax evasion, lying to Congress, and setting up illegal hush-money payments to women who claimed they had had affairs with Trump. The president's remarks expanded on an accusation he had made earlier in the day.

Cohen has acknowledged that the hush-money payments were made in order to protect Trump from damaging allegations during the 2016 presidential election.

Given that their purpose was to aid Trump's candidacy, the payments constituted contributions to Trump's presidential campaign.

By not declaring them, Cohen violated campaign finance laws.

Lock them up!

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