Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said Thursday that four possible felony charges could arise from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's (R) admission that President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE reimbursed his attorney, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to stay quiet about their alleged affair.

4 possible felonies from Rudy Giuliani admission:

1. $130k payment to Stormy was in-kind coordinated contribution above limits

2. Cohen was a straw donor used to cover up true source of contribution

3. False statements on financial disclosures

4. False statements on banking forms https://t.co/KysAF3X4te — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 2, 2018

Lieu had retweeted former Obama ethics chief Norm Eisen, who said the revelation could mean that Trump filed a false financial disclosure.

Whoa, Rudy may just have proven our @CREWcrew complaint that Trump broke the law by failing to disclose the loan from Cohen on his federal presidential financial disclosures. Those are filed under criminal penalty for false statements, 18 USC 1001. https://t.co/1W1BP4RvIT — Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) May 2, 2018

Giuliani, who recently joined the president's legal team, said on Fox News Wednesday night that Trump reimbursed Cohen for the payment, even though Trump previously said he was not aware of the payment to Daniels.

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“It's not campaign money. No campaign finance violation. They funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it,” Giuliani said.

"He 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," he continued.

“That was money that was paid by his lawyer, the way I would do, out of his law firm funds or whatever funds, it doesn’t matter. The president reimbursed that over a period of several months,” he said.

Trump defended the payment on Twitter on Thursday.

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