'A Simple Private Transaction': Trump Dismisses Campaign Finance Allegations
- 5 years ago
President Trump on Monday again insisted there was "no collusion" in the 2016 election.
President Trump took to Twitter Monday morning and insisted there was "no collusion," referencing special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
"'Democrats can't find a Smocking [sic] Gun tying the Trump campaign to Russia after James Comey's testimony. No Smocking [sic] Gun...No Collusion." @FoxNews That's because there was NO COLLUSION," Trump wrote.
He continued: "So now the Dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution which it was not (but even if it was, it is only a CIVIL CASE, like Obama's - but it was done correctly by a lawyer and there would not even be a fine. Lawyer's liability if he made a mistake, not me). Cohen just trying to get his sentence reduced. WITCH HUNT!"
The tweets come in the wake of court filings submitted Friday in the case against Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney.
According to a New York Times report, prosecutors "emphasized that Mr. Cohen had implicated the president in payments to two women during the campaign to conceal affairs that they said they had with Mr. Trump."
"'Cohen himself has now admitted, with respect to both payments, he acted in coordination with and at the direction of Individual-1,' the prosecutors wrote. 'Individual-1' is how Mr. Trump is referred to in the document," the piece further notes.
The White House downplayed any implication, saying: "The government's filings in Mr. Cohen's case tell us nothing of value that wasn't already known. Mr. Cohen has repeatedly lied and as the prosecution has pointed out to the court, Mr. Cohen is no hero."
President Trump took to Twitter Monday morning and insisted there was "no collusion," referencing special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
"'Democrats can't find a Smocking [sic] Gun tying the Trump campaign to Russia after James Comey's testimony. No Smocking [sic] Gun...No Collusion." @FoxNews That's because there was NO COLLUSION," Trump wrote.
He continued: "So now the Dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution which it was not (but even if it was, it is only a CIVIL CASE, like Obama's - but it was done correctly by a lawyer and there would not even be a fine. Lawyer's liability if he made a mistake, not me). Cohen just trying to get his sentence reduced. WITCH HUNT!"
The tweets come in the wake of court filings submitted Friday in the case against Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney.
According to a New York Times report, prosecutors "emphasized that Mr. Cohen had implicated the president in payments to two women during the campaign to conceal affairs that they said they had with Mr. Trump."
"'Cohen himself has now admitted, with respect to both payments, he acted in coordination with and at the direction of Individual-1,' the prosecutors wrote. 'Individual-1' is how Mr. Trump is referred to in the document," the piece further notes.
The White House downplayed any implication, saying: "The government's filings in Mr. Cohen's case tell us nothing of value that wasn't already known. Mr. Cohen has repeatedly lied and as the prosecution has pointed out to the court, Mr. Cohen is no hero."