President Donald Trump has denied money used to buy a porn star’s silence came from election campaign funds.
He admitted, in a series of tweets, that lawyer Michael Cohen had paid off Stormy Daniels during the campaign and that he was reimbursed.
It was the first time the president has referred directly to the payment, although he remains adamant there was no affair with Ms Daniels.
Use of campaign funds would be a violation of federal law.
Earlier, his legal aide Rudy Giuliani had said the money was Mr Trump’s personal cash.
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What has Mr Trump said?
The president fired off three tweets on Thursday morning, focusing on the reimbursement and a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with Daniels.
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Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. These agreements are…..
