Trump denies any criminal behavior after being accused by his exatogado

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The president of EE. UU has assured that the payment to silence two women during the electoral campaign of 2016 did not suppose a violation of the electoral laws.

 

US President Donald Trump has tried to distance himself from the federal crime in which he was implicated on Tuesday by his personal ex-lawyer, Michael Cohen, by claiming that the payment to silence two women during the 2016 election campaign did not constitute a violation of the electoral laws.

A day after Cohen pleaded guilty to several crimes and accused the president of having asked him to pay these two women to avoid talking about the alleged relationship they had with the then Republican candidate, Trump has minimized the case and accused to his exactogado to lie.

"If someone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest not to hire the services of Michael Cohen!", Trump wrote early in his Twitter account, where he accused the lawyer of having "collapsed" and "invented stories." to achieve a pact "with the prosecutors who harassed him.

Hours later, the president has questioned Cohen's version that his payment to the two women, which involved a violation of campaign finance laws, came "under the direction of the candidate," that is, Trump.

"I found out later (of the payment to the two women), later," the president told the Fox News television network.

Trump considers forgiving his former campaign boss

Also, the president of EE. UU He has assured this Wednesday that he is considering forgiving his former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who was found guilty of bank and tax fraud, according to a Fox News reporter who has interviewed the president.

The journalist of the American chain Ainsley Earhardt has indicated that Trump has told her in an interview on Wednesday that she would "consider" forgiving Manafort.

"I think he feels bad for Manafort, they were friends," said Earhardt. The US network has published excerpts from the interview with Trump, but it will be broadcast in its entirety this Thursday morning. Among the fragments issued there is none in which Trump says he would consider forgiving Manafort.