The Washington Post: Trump Says He Didn’t Know His Attorney Paid $130,000 to Porn Star Stormy Daniels
President Trump said Thursday that he did not know that his personal attorney paid adult-film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 days before the presidential election to prevent her from publicly accusing Trump of having an affair.
In his first public response to questions about the payment, the president said he did not know where his attorney, Michael Cohen, got the money, and he declined to say whether he had ever set up a fund for Cohen to cover such expenses.
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Trevor Potter, a campaign finance expert and former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, said Thursday that the president’s statement left unanswered questions about when he first learned of the payment and whether Cohen was reimbursed. He said another issue is whether anyone else in the campaign was involved.