White House Insists Trump ‘Did Nothing Wrong’ After Cohen Guilty Plea

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2018. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should... White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2018. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

The White House maintained Wednesday that Michael Cohen’s guilty plea did not mean that President Donald Trump had broken the law, even though Cohen said he was instructed by Trump to break the law— and despite audio of Trump speaking to Cohen about a potential hush money payment related to one of the charges against Cohen.

“As the President has said, and we’ve stated many times, he did nothing wrong,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at a press briefing Wednesday. “There are no charges against him and we have commented on this extensively.”

“Just because Michael Cohen made a plea deal doesn’t mean that that implicates the President on anything,” she added later.

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  1. I think Spareus Sandbags has a new outfitter. That is definitely a design from the 2018 collection by Tea Tents & Tarps of Tampa.

  2. SHS does enough bad things with her lying to the press that it is unnecessary to make it about her appearance. We can do better than that.

    I’d feel sorry for her having to clean up after Trump if she wasn’t right there lying with him, including in this performance. I’m really looking forward to the day that we have a presidency that doesn’t continually lie to the American people every day.

  3. “There are no charges against him…”

    And DOJ policy precludes bringing any charges against him.

    Meaningless tautology.

    And she knows it.

  4. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    Nursing note, 2:55 p.m.

    "S. Sanders appears on TV. Pt. turns to watch, drops partially consumed Filet-O-Fish. Gazes at screen and says: ‘She likes me! She really likes me!’

    “Pt. presses white button. VP Pence appears, drops to hands and knees, eats Filet-O-Fish off of floor, looks up to pt. for approval. Pt. says: ‘Nice apron, Mikey.’”

  5. “What’s wrong about paying off porn stars with corporate funds in violation of campaign finance law? It’s not like we colluded with foreign nationals to hack into our opponents’ email servers and spread misinformation over social media. Well, not Trump personally. Not while he was wearing a red tie. He only commits treason while wearing blue ties. And every other color. And no ties at all. What’s wrong with treason any way?”

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