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Trump Finally Talks About $130,000 Stormy Daniels Payment: ‘Ask Michael Cohen’

Donald Trump on Thursday directly addressed reports his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 from his home equity line of credit, denying that he knew about the payment and insisting—despite a deluge of news reports—that he didn’t know where the money came from.
“You have to ask Michael Cohen,” Trump said. “Michael Cohen is my attorney you’ll have to ask him.”
Trump was speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One when he made the remarks.
Pres Trump says he did not know about the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. Responding to press pool on Air Force One, Pres said to ask his attorney Michael Cohen why the payment was made. Said he didn’t know where the $130K came from?
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 5, 2018
Aboard Air Force One, President Trump told reporters that he did not know that his personal attorney paid adult-film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 days before the presidential election. Trump also said he doesn’t know where Cohen got the money.
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) April 5, 2018
The president also denied reports he was considering replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions with Scott Pruitt, despite recent allegations of ethics violations levied against the Environmental Protection Agency head.
Asked about Pruitt replacing Sessions as attorney general, Trump said:
“No. No. Scott’s doing a great job where he is.”
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) April 5, 2018
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