【新唐人2018年12月14日讯】周四（12月13日），川普总统就其前律师科恩（Michael Cohen）指控他违反竞选财务法声明，自己从未命令科恩违法法律。作为律师，科恩应该为自己的错误负责，而且其违法行为多数都是与川普无关的个人问题。
周四上午，川普连发多篇推文，就科恩周三被判刑及其指控川普授意他违法做出回应。
“我从未指示科恩违法。他是律师，应该了解法律。人们称之为“法律顾问的建议”，如果犯了错误，律师负有很大的责任。这就是他们获得报酬的原因。”
川普接着表示，许多竞选财务律师都强烈指出，川普丝毫也没违法竞选财务法，因为那根本就不是竞选资金。 科恩在很多与川普无关的问题上遭到指控并犯了罪，但他却对两项并非犯罪的选举方面的指控认罪，而这可能甚至连民事违法都算不上。
川普指出，科恩接受这些指控只不过是为了让他难堪并获得大幅减刑。科恩这么做了，而且他的家人也暂时推卸了责任。但作为律师，科恩对他负有很大的责任。
I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law. He was a lawyer and he is supposed to know the law. 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……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2018
….stated that I did nothing wrong with respect to campaign finance laws, if they even apply, because this was not campaign finance. Cohen was guilty on many charges unrelated to me, but he plead to two campaign charges which were not criminal and of which he probably was not…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2018
….guilty even on a civil basis. Those charges were just agreed to by him in order to embarrass the president and get a much reduced prison sentence, which he did-including the fact that his family was temporarily let off the hook. As a lawyer, Michael has great liability to me!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2018
52岁的科恩周三被纽约一名联邦法官判处了3年有期徒刑。他在法庭上道歉，称他为前雇主川普掩盖了“肮脏勾当”，还称他因错误地钦佩川普而误入歧途。他还请求法官对他进行宽大处理，甚至让他免除牢狱惩罚，因为他配合了特别检察官穆勒（Robert Mueller）的调查。
科恩对穆勒所指控的8项罪行认罪，包括向国会作伪证、欺诈银行、逃税等，但他把 向两名自称与川普有旧情的女星付封口费的责任推给川普，并指控川普违反了竞选财务法等。
川普始终声明自己事前并不知道付封口费的问题，但他为了避免事件带来舆论影响，后来用自己的钱偿还了科恩。川普强调这是私人交易，他没有挪用竞选资金，所以根本就不涉及违反竞选财务法的问题。
（记者李佳欣综合报导/责任编辑：东野）
