A day after President Donald Trumps former campaign manager was found guilty on eight counts of tax and bank fraud, and Mr. Trumps former personal lawyer Michael Cohen plead guilty to charges that included illegal campaign contributions allegedly orchestrated by Mr. Trump..
Any crimes Manafort committed were way before he was associated with the Trump campaign. If he had been arrested and tried before President Trump announced his run for office, President Trumps name would never be associated with the man. To do so now is just slinging mud.
Now with Cohen it would appear that he plead guilty to a non crime as part of a deal to get to President Trump. The suppose crime was to pay off a potential blackmailer before the election using his (President Trump’s own money).
Since the courts have been okay with settlements that included nondisclosure agreements in the past I don’t see how this is a crime. This is a desperate act by a desperate man (Mueller) to get something, anything on President Trump.
Two years of investigation with almost unlimited power and money and this is all they have?
They took their best shot and they missed.
Except for those that hate the President, no one cares.
President Trump has done the one thing they did not count on, he has been successful. And as they say, Success Trumps everything else.
This court business with Cohen is pure legal chicanery. I think it’s an abuse of the system.