‘The president is a crook’: Legal experts tear into Trump as he lies and says new court filings ‘clear’ him

Trump claims that the court filings against Cohen “clear” him. They do not.

In response to the two court filingsmade by federal prosecutors against Michael Cohen on Friday, President Donald Trump took to the internet.

And this time, unlike his early morning outburst in which the president seemed to be on the verge of panic, Trump confidently proclaimed that the new filings mean he is proven innocent and home free.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Totally clears the President. Thank you!

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Only one problem: he isn’t.

View the complete December 7 article by Matthew Chapman on the AlterNet.org website here.