Trump Hush Money Revelations: What's at Stake for the President
- Series of conflicting statements raises new legal questions
- President acknowledged he reimbursed lawyer for hush payment
Stormy Daniels and attorney Michael Avenatti at Federal Court in New York, on April 16, 2018.
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President Donald Trump and his lawyers face a new set of legal challenges after revelations that he reimbursed one of his attorneys for a $130,000 hush money payment to an adult film actress.
The president acknowledged the reimbursement on Thursday while defending the initial payment made by his personal lawyer Michael Cohen to the woman, Stormy Daniels. Trump and his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, asserted that the payments were legal and had nothing to do with the campaign.