US President Donald Trump has warned that any attempt to impeach him would result in the crash of the American economy.
The President made the claim as the White House struggled to manage the fallout from a plea deal Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen made with prosecutors, and the conviction of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on financial charges.
The back‑to‑back legal blows have raised speculation that the Democrats would launch impeachment proceedings if they win the House of Representatives later this year.
Trump argued the move would have dire economic consequences.
Trump said if he ever got impeached, he thinks the market would crash. He thinks everybody would be very poor.
The US President also said that he doesn’t know how you can impeach somebody who's done a great job.
The President tried to play down his relationship to his longtime "fixer", who said the President directed a hush money scheme to buy the silence of two women who say they had affairs with Trump.
Trump said Cohen only worked for him part time, and accused the lawyer of making up stories to reduce his legal exposure.
He also renewed his criticism of Attorney‑General Jeff Sessions, blaming him for what he called corruption at the Justice Department.
[Source: AP/Reuters]
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