ABC News: Trump campaign has paid portions of Michael Cohen’s legal fees: Sources

04.30.2018 / By KATHERINE FAULDERS, JOHN SANTUCCI SOO RIN KIM
ABC News: Trump campaign has paid portions of Michael Cohen's legal fees: Sources

"They're on shaky legal ground," said Stephen Spaulding, chief of strategy at the nonprofit watchdog group Common Cause. "It sounds like they are really pushing the envelope … If the campaign were to say they are campaign-related payments, then maybe it's okay to use campaign funds. But he can't have it both ways."

“They’re on shaky legal ground,” said Stephen Spaulding, chief of strategy at the nonprofit watchdog group Common Cause. “It sounds like they are really pushing the envelope … If the campaign were to say they are campaign-related payments, then maybe it’s okay to use campaign funds. But he can’t have it both ways.”