Michael Cohen Confessed: “Trump knew it was wrong and illegal”

The president has denied telling his former lawyer to make the payments – but Mr Cohen says Mr Trump knew he was acting illegally.Ariana News Agency- Donald Trump’s former lawyer has again said the president directed him to arrange hush money payments to two women – and said the president knew it was wrong.

Michael Cohen, who was sentenced to three years in prison earlier this week, said Mr Trump “was very concerned” about how the alleged affairs would affect his chances as a presidential candidate.

Cohen, 52, told ABC News “of course” the president knew it was wrong to make the payments, which violated campaign finance laws.
Mr Trump has denied directing Cohen to make payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal – and says the affairs did not happen.

The president tweeted on Thursday: “I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law. He was a lawyer and he is supposed to know the law…”

Mr Trump said legal experts had cleared him of any wrongdoing and repeated his denial that he had broken campaign finance laws.
He also argued that Cohen’s crimes did not involve campaign finance.

But the lawyer has hit back, saying: “He directed me to make the payments, he directed me to become involved in these matters.”

He added: “People of the United States of America, people of the world, don’t believe what he is saying.

“The man doesn’t tell the truth. And it is sad that I should take responsibility for his dirty deeds.”