Did Michael Cohen actually commit campaign finance violations? Some legal experts aren’t sure

Published August 22, 2018 7:34pm ET



President Trump’s longtime attorney Michael Cohen pointed a finger at his old boss Tuesday, saying he committed two campaign finance crimes at the direction of Trump when he arranged six-figure payoffs for women alleging affairs.

“His crime was the president’s crime,” Cohen attorney Lanny Davis, a Democrat who represented former President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, told Fox News Wednesday.

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