Trump On Manafort, Cohen Rulings: Had Nothing To Do With Russian Collusion

  President Donald Trump spoke to reporters before his rally in Charleston, West Virginia. Trump was questioned about his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and his former lawyer, Michael Cohen. Trump said, "It had nothing to do with Russian collusion."

  Trump said, "I feel badly for him. I must tell you that Paul Manafort’s a good man. He was with Ronald Reagan. He was with a lot of different people over the years, and I feel very sad about that. It doesn’t involve me, but I still feel, you know, it’s a very sad thing that happened. This has nothing to do with Russian collusion. This started as Russian collusion. This has absolutely nothing to do — it’s a witch hunt, and it’s a disgrace."

  Trump continued, "This has nothing to do [with] what they started out looking for Russians involved in our campaign. There were none. I feel very badly for Paul Manafort — again, he worked for Bob Dole, he worked for Ronald Reagan, he worked for many people. And this is the way it ends up. And it was not the original mission, believe me — it was something very much different. So, [it] had nothing to do with Russian collusion. We continue the witch hunt. Thank you very much."