Finance campaign violations aren’t impeachable offenses, and Democratic lawmakers are fishing for any reason to boot President Donald Trump from office, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Sunday during an appearance on ABC News’ “This Week.”
McCarthy was responding to whether Trump’s alleged hush-money payment of $35,000 to a porn star who claims she had an affair with the businessman prior to his presidential bid constituted a campaign finance felony.
"Listen, you know what concerns me? If you hire an attorney — if I hire an attorney to make sure I carry out the law, the attorney has a responsibility to tell me what's right and wrong in the process," McCarthy said. "I watched — this is a — if it’s a finance campaign, those are fines. Those aren’t impeachable in the process,” he told George Stephanopoulos.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal lawyer, last week showed Congress a copy of a $35,000 check that he says Trump signed from his personal bank account on Aug. 1, 2017, to reimburse him for payment to Stormy Daniels.
McCarthy defended Trump, calling the issue personal.
“Why would most people not go to the American public about this? You -- you’ve seen politicians do this exact same thing in the past. So to me, they're trying to find a case for a -- for a problem that doesn't exist,” he said.
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