SCOOP > Michael Cohen, lawyer for Trump, says he paid $130k to Stormy Daniels from his own pocket. Says he told FEC that in response to complaint from Common Cause https://t.co/WuheFcLcbB

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 14, 2018

Legal standard for fed election law is not whether a person pays from personal funds. An in-kind contribution is any “expenditure made by any person in cooperation, consultation or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate’s campaign.” Cohen is in big trouble. https://t.co/jPyJ5WaCoQ

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 14, 2018