Trump is latching on to a popular right-wing talking point about Michael Cohen that experts say is 'nonsense'

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• President Donald Trump has echoed a popular right-wing talking point in recent days.
• He says the campaign-finance crimes to which his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty aren't crimes.
• The argument was first made by right-wing radio host Mark Levin.
• Campaign-finance experts said this argument was "nonsense."

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President Donald Trump has echoed a popular right-wing talking point in recent days as his latest defense from the plea deal to which his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen agreed earlier this week.

The campaign-finance crimes Cohen pleaded guilty to? Well, they aren't actually crimes, Trump and others say. It's an argument that campaign-finance experts say is "nonsense."

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