As per CNN report, it seems that Michael Cohen is directly implicating US President Trump in campaign finance violation crime! Trump strongly refutes such charges

Last updated on 16th Dec. 2018

Michael Cohen says he's 'done being loyal to President Trump', https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/14/politics/michael-cohen-abc-interview/index.html

Hmm. This may turn out to be a big issue for Mr. Trump. However, Mr. Trump refutes Mr. Cohen's statements and says in these recent (13th Dec. 2018) tweets:

"I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law. He was a lawyer and he is supposed to know the law. It is called “advice of counsel,” and a lawyer has great liability if a mistake is made. That is why they get paid. Despite that many campaign finance lawyers have strongly......", https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1073205176872435713

"....stated that I did nothing wrong with respect to campaign finance laws, if they even apply, because this was not campaign finance. Cohen was guilty on many charges unrelated to me, but he plead to two campaign charges which were not criminal and of which he probably was not...", https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1073207272069890049

"....guilty even on a civil basis. Those charges were just agreed to by him in order to embarrass the president and get a much reduced prison sentence, which he did-including the fact that his family was temporarily let off the hook. As a lawyer, Michael has great liability to me!", https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1073210823936495617

What a legal fight with criminal charge overtones, between Mr. Trump and his former personal lawyer, with the latter already sentenced to serve 3 years in jail!

For a middle class, white-collar background guy like me, politics comes across as a truly terrifying field, whether it is USA or India, though the dangers may be different in USA and India! Only those who are ready to face all these dangers and fight resolutely to the finish, can survive in top level politics, whether it is USA or India.
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Trump knew payments were wrong, Cohen says l FULL INTERVIEW PT 1/2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-prxClM2or4, 7 min 38 secs, published on 14th Dec. 2018 by ABC News.

Cohen on Trump as president: 'He's a very different individual' l FULL INTERVIEW PT 2/2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxTOBIbEz68, 4 min. 34 secs, published on 14th Dec. 2018 by ABC News.

Transcript of above intereview: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michael-cohen-talks-george-stephanopoulos-transcript/story?id=59816305


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