President Trump filed public financial disclosure forms Tuesday following revelations he reimbursed Michael Cohen the $130,000 his personal lawyer paid porn star Stormy Daniels as part of a nondisclosure agreement.
Related documents would become available through the Office of Government Ethics, White House deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters said in a statement.
The Office of Government Ethics confirmed via Twitter it had received the report, adding they were “currently under review.”
Today, the President filed his annual financial disclosure report with OGE and it is currently under review.
— U.S. OGE (@OfficeGovEthics) May 15, 2018
Federal executive branch employers are required to make certain public disclosures annually in order to be transparent about their financial interests.
Trump has been reluctant about sharing his financial information, most notably his tax returns during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Tuesday’s submission could shed light Trump’s financial position, as well as whether he repaid Cohen the $130,000 sum given to Daniels in 2016 in exchange for her staying silent about her sexual encounter with the president more than a decade ago.
Trump had previously denied the affair and the payment until personal attorney Rudy Giuliani told Fox News on May 2 the president had reimbursed Cohen in transactions “funneled through a law firm.”
Giuliani later told the New York Times Trump repaid Cohen a total of $470,000 in $35,000 increments over a period of several months for incidentals costs incurred through Cohen’s legal work.
Trump did not disclose his arrangement with Cohen in previous public financial disclosure reports lodged with the Office of Government Ethics.
