Trump argues he’s in the clear after a bombshell from his personal lawyer seemed to incriminate him

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• President Donald Trump denied using campaign cash to pay off a porn star during the 2016 presidential election after his personal lawyer seemed to incriminate him.
• On Wednesday Trump’s personal defense lawyer Rudi Giuliani said Trump knew about and ultimately paid for his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen to give $ 130,000 to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels.
• If Trump knew about the payment and used campaign cash to pay back Cohen, he could be guilty of a criminal abuse of campaign finances.
• But, if Trump’s people paid Clifford off for a reason unrelated to the election, or used his personal money, it could be perfectly legal.

President Donald Trump denied using campaign cash to pay off a porn star, or any doing anything wrong at all during the 2016 presidential election, the morning after his personal lawyer seemed to incriminate him.

In a series of in a series of tweets on Thursday, Trump argued that he had acted properly despite comments a few hours before by Rudi Giuliani.

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