Trump Latest News – In an interview with Fox news, Rudy Giuliani, legal aide to the President, said Trump personally repaid his lawyer the $130,000 that was used to buy an adult film actor’s silence about an alleged affair.

It is being reported that Mr. Cohen’s $130,000 (£95,650) payment to Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election may count as an illegal contribution to President Trump’s campaign.

However, Mr. Giuliani says this is not true, in the Fox News interview he said:

“That money was not campaign money. Sorry, I’m giving you a fact now that you don’t know. It’s not campaign money. No campaign finance violation. “They funnelled it through a law firm and the president repaid it.” Mr Giuliani said the repayment was made “over a period of several months”.

He also added that president Trump “didn’t know about the specifics of it, as far as I know, but he did know about the general arrangement that Michael would take care of things like this”.











President Trump responds to Rudy Giuliani statement on Fox:

In a series of Tweets just moments ago, President Trump responded to Mr. Giuliani’s statements he made in the Fox News interview:

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….. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018

…very common among celebrities and people of wealth. In this case it is in full force and effect and will be used in Arbitration for damages against Ms. Clifford (Daniels). The agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair,…… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018

…despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair. Prior to its violation by Ms. Clifford and her attorney, this was a private agreement. Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018

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