Cohen had on Tuesday appeared in
a federal court in New York where he pleaded to eight counts and claimed he
made illegal campaign contributions “in coordination and at the direction of a candidate
for federal office.”
Trump, although not named in the
court filings, was referred to as
Individual-1.
In response on Wednesday, the US
president said his former ally is not a good lawyer.
He tweeted, “If anyone is looking
for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the services
of Michael Cohen!”
If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the services of Michael Cohen!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
Cohen testified under oath that
directed him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the
principal purpose of influencing an election.
The alleged hush money agreements
were made to Stormy Daniels, an American porn star, and Karen McDougal, a
former Playboy model, to silence them after they claimed to have had affairs
with Trump.
For paying the porn star $130,000
as a nondisclosure agreement before the 2016 US elections that ushered in
Trump, Cohen was charged with making an excessive campaign contribution, since
the payment was made in service of the campaign and exceeded the federal limit.
Trump’s former lawyer also
pleaded to tax fraud, false statements to a bank and campaign finance
violations tied to his work for the president.
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