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(94,391 posts) Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:45 AM Dec 2018

Trump on Twitter Again Copping to Crimes He Supposedly Knew Nothing About [View all]

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
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......
8:17 AM - 13 Dec 2018

....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...
8:25 AM - 13 Dec 2018

8:39 AM - 13 Dec 2018 (Trump replaced this tweet w/edited one)

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Trump on Twitter Again Copping to Crimes He Supposedly Knew Nothing About [View all] bigtree Dec 2018 OP

LoL!!! Johnny2X2X Dec 2018 #1

Spot On ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #4

I responded to him on Twitter NewJeffCT Dec 2018 #5

Good One! (nt) ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #9

That is one helluva grudge! Maeve Dec 2018 #20

More bottomless Pinocchio lies YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #2

Trump finally admits that he was lying about hush money payments all along bigtree Dec 2018 #10

He said he didn't know about the payments malaise Dec 2018 #21

"Trump said" bigtree Dec 2018 #25

Hahaha malaise Dec 2018 #26

Perhaps trump should sue Cohen and ... Whiskeytide Dec 2018 #3

Trump is nutz ... So Cohen pled guilty to things that were not crimes? Botany Dec 2018 #6

And he also pled guilty to non crimes to get a reduced sentence blugbox Dec 2018 #13

Clarence Darrow he is not Botany Dec 2018 #15

What a lying oswaldactedalone Dec 2018 #7

Despite your delusional reality, Donald, there is still a real reality out there! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #8

obviously agingdem Dec 2018 #11

Let me get this straight Jarqui Dec 2018 #12

Who ya gonna believe? PJMcK Dec 2018 #17

The lying lecher is fully insane BSdetect Dec 2018 #14

One other thing about this Jarqui Dec 2018 #16

Not quite sure, but I think hush money is not a legitimate campaign expense marylandblue Dec 2018 #29

That would be an out that Trump didn't break the law, wouldn't it? Jarqui Dec 2018 #30

As it stands now, it's a campaign contribution from AMI to Trump, as in-kind services marylandblue Dec 2018 #33

I certainly won't argue with that !! Jarqui Dec 2018 #35

Soooo... the argument is... jcgoldie Dec 2018 #18

adding to your post agingdem Dec 2018 #19

"civil bases"? milestogo Dec 2018 #22

No, civil bases are military bases where the soldiers are extra nice. marylandblue Dec 2018 #34

"many campaign finance lawyers have strongly stated" EffieBlack Dec 2018 #23

So Cohen pleas to two crimes that were not crimes... Takket Dec 2018 #24

Hasn't everyone thrown themselves in prison for years... blugbox Dec 2018 #32

The old (apocryphal?) "never interrupt your enemy when he is in the process of destroying himself" RockRaven Dec 2018 #27

Bases/basis, English is too confusing for Donald's second language, dae Dec 2018 #28

Plead/pled llmart Dec 2018 #36

When the President ScratchCat Dec 2018 #31