昨日の日記に書いたマイケル・コーエン氏の発言に、トランプ大統領がツイッターで反論しています。
３つ連続したツイートをまとめると、次のようになります――
- 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 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 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!
時間がなくて、きちんと訳すことができないのですが、要するに、「私はコーエンに法を犯すようなことを指示したことはない。そもそも弁護士は法的過ちを犯さないようアドバイスすることで報酬を得ているではないか。……今回の容疑を彼が認めたのは、大統領（トランプ氏）を困らせ、刑期を大幅に短縮するためだ」といったことを主張しているようです。
なんか、自身に関する具体的なことには触れないで、一般論でかわそうとしているような……。