Trump's lawyers have downplayed the severity of campaign finance crimes, but some Democrats consider it an impeachable offense. It’s incredibly complicated, campaign finance," Paul said. "We have to decide whether or not really criminal penalties are the way we should approach campaign finance." Cohen's plea does not necessarily indicate that prosecutors could have successfully prosecuted a campaign finance case against Cohen or Trump. "If the president was not implicated, I suspect they would not have prosecuted Cohen for campaign finance violations at all.

Source: Fox News December 10, 2018 09:28 UTC