Trump Touts ‘Respect’ For ‘Brave Man’ Paul Manafort: Unlike Michael Cohen, He Refused to Break
Here we go, Act II of the Donald Trump–Michael Cohen–Paul Manafort Twitter performance.
As we previously noted, Trump had an oddly-subdued Twitter reaction at first to the news surrounding Michael Cohen‘s guilty plea connecting his old boss to his hush money schemes.
If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the services of Michael Cohen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
Still, this is Trump we’re talking about, and since we’re dealing with someone who loves to fight back when cornered and has no idea what the word “subtlety” means, it was only a matter of time before things escalated.
Indeed, they have.
Now Trump is praising Paul Manafort – who was found guilty of multiple tax and bank fraud charges yesterday – because unlike Cohen, he never broke and accepted a plea deal.
I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. “Justice” took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to “break” – make up stories in order to get a “deal.” Such respect for a brave man!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
Here’s your obligatory “witch hunt” tweet of the day.
A large number of counts, ten, could not even be decided in the Paul Manafort case. Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
And then, there’s this.
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
Remember, Trump is saying all of this as political observers and legal experts look at Cohen’s plea deal to figure out if he just implicated the president in a federal crime.
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