Stormy Daniels case: Trump denies campaign funds paid off porn actor

President Donald Trump has denied money used to buy a porn star's silence came from election campaign funds.

He admitted, in a series of tweets, that lawyer Michael Cohen had paid off Stormy Daniels during the campaign and that he was reimbursed.
It was the first time the president has referred directly to the payment, although he remains adamant there was no affair with Ms Daniels.
Use of campaign funds would be a violation of federal law.

Mr Trump's argument appears to be that the NDA was a typical agreement entered into by celebrities and therefore not an election-related matter.
This could be crucial in determining whether the $130,000 (£95,650) paid to Ms Daniels was legal.
The actress says she had an affair with Mr Trump in 2006 and she slept with him once.
In a particularly feisty White House daily news conference on Thursday, press secretary Sarah Sanders was asked when she became aware that Mr Trump had repaid Mr Cohen the money.
"The first awareness I had was during the interview last night," she said.
Earlier, his legal aide Rudy Giuliani had said the money was Mr Trump's personal cash.