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| Stormy Daniels: Trump discloses payment to reimburse lawyer | Stormy Daniels: Trump discloses payment to reimburse lawyer |
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| An official disclosure has confirmed US President Donald Trump reimbursed his lawyer for a payment to a porn star to hush her claims of an affair. | An official disclosure has confirmed US President Donald Trump reimbursed his lawyer for a payment to a porn star to hush her claims of an affair. |
| The Office of Government Ethics said on Wednesday that Mr Trump ought to have revealed the payment in his previous financial disclosure. | The Office of Government Ethics said on Wednesday that Mr Trump ought to have revealed the payment in his previous financial disclosure. |
| The filing shows he paid back Michael Cohen for a 2016 expense of between $100,001 (£75,000) and $250,000. | The filing shows he paid back Michael Cohen for a 2016 expense of between $100,001 (£75,000) and $250,000. |
| Mr Trump previously denied knowing of the $130,000 payment to Ms Daniels. | Mr Trump previously denied knowing of the $130,000 payment to Ms Daniels. |
| Rudy Giuliani, another of the president's attorneys, first revealed the reimbursement earlier this month. | Rudy Giuliani, another of the president's attorneys, first revealed the reimbursement earlier this month. |
| The White House stated in a footnote to the filing that it was listing the payment "in the interest of transparency", even though it contended it did not have to make the disclosure. | |
| However, the head of the Office of Government Ethics wrote in a letter that "the payment made by Mr Cohen is required to be reported as a liability". |