President Donald Trump made his first direct comments about his former lawyer Michael Cohen since Cohen accepted a plea deal and said under oath that the President told him to break the law.<\/b>
\nWASHINGTON (CBSMiami) \u2013 President Donald Trump made his first direct comments about his former lawyer Michael Cohen since Cohen accepted a plea deal and said under oath that the President told him to break the law.
For more than a decade, Cohen was Trump\u2019s lawyer and fixer, But on Wednesday Trump expressed his sense of betrayal in a tweeting.
Trump also posted a tweet that contradicted itself.
On Tuesday, Cohen pled guilty to tax evasion and campaign finance violations. He admitted under oath that then-candidate Trump directed him to make hush payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal \u201cfor the primary purpose of influencing the election.\u201d
\u201cHe committed a crime. He should be indicted if he were not President, he clearly would be indicted and jailed,\u201d said Cohen\u2019s lawyer Lanny Davis.
Davis said Cohen also has information that would be of interest to special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s investigation on Russian interference.
\u201cI can tell you he is committed 100% to telling the truth to governmental authorities,\u201d said Davis.
Five of the president\u2019s former advisers and associates have now been convicted or pleaded guilty to crimes, but the Cohen case is the first that directly implicates the President in a crime.
\u201cThere are no charges against him. Just because Michael Cohen made a plea deal doesn\u2019t implicate the president in anything,\u201d said Sarah Sanders.
Still, several lawmakers on Capitol Hill said they were bothered by the implications.
\u201cWe have to look into this, there\u2019s no question about it, this is a serious set of problems,\u201d said Sen. Orin Hatch, R-OR.
\u201cThis is a day where the President of the United States has essentially been named an unindicted co-conspirator,\u201d said Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-IL.
While those in Congress have expressed concerns, they say it\u2019s too early in the process to discuss possible impeachment proceedings.<\/p>\n

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