The following article by Jordan Fabian was posted on the Hill website August 22, 2018:
President Trump on Wednesday accused Michael Cohen of making up stories to “get a ‘deal'” after the former Trump lawyer implicated the president in a campaign finance case.
Trump said in a tweet he has “such respect” for his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who was convicted on eight counts of bank and tax fraud, because he did not “break” like Cohen by providing damaging information to prosecutors.
“I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. ‘Justice’ took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to ‘break’ — make up stories in order to get a ‘deal.’ Such respect for a brave man!” he wrote.