The ethics agency said it had concluded Trump should list a debt to Cohen in the “liabilities” section of his financial statement. It also notified the Justice Department, which enforces a law against willfully omitting information from these forms. “Michael’s my attorney, and you’ll have to ask Michael.”More recently, Giuliani revealed publicly that Trump had reimbursed Cohen for the payment. In its letter to the Justice Department, the federal ethics agency did not recommend any specific legal action. Instead, it told the Justice Department “you may find the disclosure relevant to any inquiry you may be pursuing regarding the President’s prior report” from 2017.

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2018 17:57 UTC