JoyV

What he confessed to actually backed up that there was no collusion. There were two main themes in the Cohan confession.

1] The first theme was the payments for nondisclosures. Paying for nondisclosures is legal and is a common practice. And doing so through a lawyer is the norm. Not going through a lawyer would be i***tic. The narrative that is was a campaign expense is not only a stretch, it is ridiculous. The money was paid by Cohan and covered by Trump reimbursing him. It is normal for lawyers to charge any expenses for their client's benefit in their bill. So where the money came from is not out of campaign finances!!!! Then once that was found to be the case, the narrative said that since the womens' stories might potentially have had a negative impact on his campaign, and anything paid for which might influence v**ers is a campaign finance violation; then paying for nondisclosure was a campaign finance violation. But campaigns are all about influencing v**ers! It is the whole point of a campaign!

2] The second theme was regarding collusion. Cohan confessed to lying about the dates negotiations for a real estate deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow ended. No matter which date it fell through, it is not collusion. But then he admitted he attempted to make contact with Putin by email twice. Now IF there were collusion, there would have been some way to communicate between someone on the Trump team and Putin. But Cohan emailed to a general press mailbox. And Mueller's criminal information document, used in the plea agreement on page 2 quotes an August 2017 letter from Cohen to the Senate intelligence committee in which he states that Trump ‘was never in contact with anyone about this (Moscow Project) proposal other than me. Mueller prosecutors have said they tested this statement's veracity through corroborating sources and found it to be accurate. Mueller also found the statement by Cohan that he, "ultimately determined that the proposal was not feasible and never agreed to make a trip to Russia." to be t***hful.

So other than lying, Cohan confessed to a totally legal action taken at the request of his client, and an action which was not illegal but was simply foolish. Neither incriminates Trump. And the latter actually reinforces Trump's assertion that he did not collude with Russia.

JoyV

The two are completely different. Congresses fund is to pay off rape and sexual assault victims. The women Trump paid for nondisclosure had consensual relations. No one, including the women; have claimed Trump did anything against their will. So where is the felony?