Trump’s financial disclosure form mentions Cohen reimbursement — live updates

Last Updated May 16, 2018 1:42 PM EDT

President Trump’s latest annual financial disclosure form released Wednesday reveals something undisclosed on Mr. Trump’s previous financial disclosure form — Mr. Trump’s reimbursement of his then-attorney Michael Cohen.  

“In the interest of transparency, while not required to be disclosed as “reportable liabilities” on Part 8, in 2016 expenses were incurred by one of Donald J. Trump’s attorneys, Michael Cohen. Mr Cohen sought reimbursement of those expenses and Mr. Trump fully reimbursed Mr. Cohen in 2017. The category of the value would be $100,001 – $250,000 and the interest rate would be zero.”

Rudy Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s newest personal attorney, revealed the reimbursement in a shock interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity earlier this  month. Mr. Trump seemed to confirm the claim on Twitter the following morning. But then Mr. Trump said Giuliani was new to the team and would “get his facts straight.” Weeks earlier, Mr. Trump had said he was unaware Cohen paid adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 shortly before the election. 

The disclosure form details Mr. Trump’s financial interests, and is 92 pages long, due to Mr. Trump’s vast business empire. The White House said on Tuesday afternoon that the president had submitted his form to OGE.

The document reveals more than $25 million in income from the president’s Florida Mar-a-Lago resort, down from the more than $37 million in income reported last year. 

Details of Mr. Trump’s disclosure report from last year can be found here.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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