CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [8-22-18] he found out only after the fact about payments his then-lawyer Michael Cohen made to silence two women who said they had had affairs with Trump, adding that the money came from him and not his campaign..Cohen, in pleading guilty to eight criminal charges of tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations, told a federal court on Tuesday [8-21-18] that Trump directed him to arrange the payments to influence the 2016 presidential election – a claim at odds with Trump’s statement…’It’s not even a campaign violation,’ he said, repeating a claim he made earlier in the day on Twitter without evidence, even though both Cohen and prosecutors have agreed it was.”
–Reuters Staff, “Trump says found out about payments made by Cohen after the fact,” Reuters, August 22, 2018 10:52 am