His attorney, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony campaign finance violations surrounding the payments: making an excessive campaign contribution and causing a corporation to make an unlawful contribution -- and said he knowingly violated the law at Trump's direction. Trump claimed on Wednesday he only knew of the payments to the women "later on," though he did not specify when. "They weren't taken out of campaign finance, that's the big thing. "They didn't come out of the campaign and that's big," Trump said. "It's not even a campaign violation."

Source: CNN August 22, 2018 13:25 UTC