Giuliani: Trump repaid Cohen $130K for payment to porn star
President Donald Trump's new lawyer Rudy Giuliani says the president repaid attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Trump earlier told reporters that he was not aware of the payment and that he didn't know where Cohen had gotten the money.
Giuliani made the revelation during an appearance on Fox News Channel's "Hannity."
He also says the payment "is going to turn out to be perfectly legal" because "that money was not campaign money."
President Trump tweeted Thursday morning, following the interview. In an elaborate explanation, spanning three tweets, he also defends the arrangement.
"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 very common among celebrities and people of wealth," he wrote, in part. "Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction."
Daniels claims she had sex with Trump in 2006, months after his third wife gave birth to his youngest child.
She was paid $130,000 by Cohen before the 2016 election to keep quiet about the allegations. Trump has denied having sex with Daniels.
