President Trump: 'I Never Directed Michael Cohen to Break the Law' Thursday, 13 December 2018 | newsmax.com Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for financial crimes, including hush money payments to women ahead of the 2016 presidential election.   "He was a lawyer and he is supposed to know the law," Trump wrote. "It is called 'advice of counsel,' and a lawyer has great liability if a mistake is made. That is why they get paid. Despite that many campaign finance lawyers have strongly......" @realDonaldTrump   He continued in a second tweet: @realDonaldTrump   Trump concluded: @realDonaldTrump   Source Article Here