President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen wrongly pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance law because such violations “are not a crime,” the president argued Wednesday on Twitter.
Trump pointed to the Federal Election Commission fining former President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign $375,000, one of the largest fines ever to be brought against a presidential campaign, in an effort to bolster his argument.
“Michael Cohen plead guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime. President Obama had a big campaign finance violation and it was easily settled!” Trump tweeted.
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The violations connected to Obama’s 2008 campaign centered on missing 48-hour notices on more than a thousand contributions totaling almost $2 million, Politico reported at the time. The FEC required the notices be filed on contributions of $1,000 or more that were donated within 20 days of Election Day. Incorrect contribution dates on some campaign reports and the campaign’s late return of some contributions that exceeded the legal limit were also at issue.
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Trump: Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations that "are not a crime" https://t.co/VqG7o0hmmv
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 22, 2018
Uh…yes they are. LOL
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