On Monday, Trump tweeted that the money was a “simple private transaction” that was not a campaign finance violation. The simple fact is that it’s not a criminal violation of the campaign finance law,” said Giuliani. “How do they all of a sudden become campaign finance prosecutors? … After two years and two investigations … they have nothing on collusion,” Giuliani said. He contrasted Cohen’s situation with that of Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Trump’s campaign.

Source: Huffington Post December 13, 2018 01:54 UTC