Trump's 2017 Financial Disclosure Lists Stormy Reimbursement To Michael Cohen

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Donald Trump's 2017 financial disclosure was released today and listed on the document is (who would have ever guessed?) a payment of more than $100,000 to his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, issued as reimbursement for payments to a "third-party."

Gee, could "third-party" end up being the one and only Stormy Daniels?

Didn't Donald tell the press on Air Force One that he didn't know anything about any payments to Ms. Daniels?

From The New York Times:

The disclosure, released by the Office of Government Ethics, did not specify the purpose of the payment. However, Mr. Cohen has paid $130,000 to an adult film actress, Stephanie Clifford, who has claimed she had an affair with Mr. Trump.

Mr. Cohen has said he made the payment to keep the actress, who goes by the stage name Stormy Daniels, from going public before the 2016 election with her story about an affair with Mr. Trump.

A footnote in the disclosure said that Mr. Cohen had requested reimbursement of the expenses incurred in 2016 and Mr. Trump had repaid it in full in 2017. It did not give an exact amount of the payment but said it was between $100,001 and $250,000.

Mr. Trump’s disclosure today conclusively proves that the American people were deceived by Mr. Cohen, Mr. Trump, Mr. Schwartz, the WH, and Mr. Giuliani. This was NOT an accident and it was not isolated. Cover-ups should always matter. #Basta

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 16, 2018

Trump, April 5:
Reporter: “Do you know where he got the money to make that payment?”
Trump: “No. I don’t know...You’ll have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney. You’ll have to ask Michael.” https://t.co/kOUn3RXR27

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 16, 2018

Let’s be clear what this is: the Trump-appointed acting head of the Office of Government Ethics just wrote DOJ to flag that Trump may have committed a crime by not disclosing his Stormy payment to Cohen in last year’s financial disclosure. https://t.co/uIre10zsy1

— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) May 16, 2018