Trump acknowledges he repaid lawyer for ‘Stormy’ hush money
By Catherine Lucey and Jill Colvin, Associated Press
Published: May 3, 2018, 7:22am
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In this Jan. 12, 2017, file photo, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. Giuliani's revelation that U.S. President Donald Trump reimbursed his personal attorney for a $130,000 payment to a porn star to keep her quiet about an alleged affair is raising new legal questions, including whether the president and his campaign violated campaign finance laws. Giuliani insisted on Fox News Channel Wednesday night, May 2, 2018, that the payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels was "going to turn out to be perfectly legal." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Photo Gallery
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday he repaid his personal lawyer for hush money given to porn actress Stormy Daniels after claiming previously he didn’t know about the payments. But the money, paid just before the 2016 election to stifle her claims of an affair, “had nothing to do with the campaign,” the president tweeted.
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