Donald Trump today claimed that his predecessor Barack Obama had a campaign finance violation that was "easily settled", a day after the US President's former lawyer Micheal Cohen implicated the US President by pleading guilty to campaign finance laws.
In a stunning admission that implicates Trump, his former lawyer Cohen, 51, pleaded guilty to buying the silence of two women about their alleged affairs with Trump.
The admission to paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 US election potentially leaves the US president in legal jeopardy.
In a series of tweets, Trump slammed Cohen, saying he is not a good lawyer and is making up stories while praising his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort as a "brave man".
"If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don't retain the services of Michael Cohen!" Trump tweeted, a day after Cohen admitted in a Manhattan court that he had paid two women in 2016, at the direction of Trump, to silence them from speaking out their alleged affairs with him in violation of federal campaign laws.
"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!" Trump said in the second tweet.
In a separate tweet, the Presidnet said: "A large number of counts, ten, could not even be decided in the Paul Manafort case. Witch Hunt!"
He said Cohen pleaded 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!"