US President Donald Trump today said he did not know that his attorney had paid USD 130,000 to an adult film star Stormy Daniels to prevent her from going public about an alleged affair with him.
“No, no,” Trump told reporters, responding to a question if he knew about the USD 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, who is claiming that she had an affair with Trump.
The money was paid by his attorney Michael Cohen days before the 2016 presidential election so as to prevent Daniels from going public. Trump has denied all such allegations of having an inappropriate relationship with her.
“Well, you’ll have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney. And you’ll have to ask Michael Cohen,” Trump said when asked why Cohen made those payments if there was no truth to her allegations.
“No, I don’t know. No,” he said when asked if he knew where Cohen got the money to make that payment.