DONALD Trump has revealed in his financial disclosure that he reimbursed his personal lawyer for unspecified “expenses”.
However, there was no mention of a payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about a sexual tryst she said they had.
The head of the nation’s ethics office questioned why Trump did not include this in his previous year’s sworn disclosure and passed along his concerns to federal prosecutors.
“I am providing both reports to you because you may find the disclosure relevant to any inquiry you may be pursuing,” David Apol, acting director of the Office of Government Ethics, wrote to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
Apol wrote that he considers Trump’s payment to Michael Cohen to be a repayment on a loan and that it was required to be included in Trump’s June 2017 disclosure.
Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that the US president was “fully aware” of the disclosure and “endorsed the strategy”.
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