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Cohen may have paid other women for Trump 'if necessary': Trump's lawyer

Disclosure of additional payments could complicate matters for Trump, who initially denied knowledge that money was paid to Daniels

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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with state and local officials to discuss school safety, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House (Photo: AP/PTI)

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U.S. President Donald Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said on Sunday he would not rule out the possibility that payments were made to women other than porn star Stormy Daniels to get them to stay silent about allegations against Trump.

Giuliani told ABC's "This Week" that he had no knowledge of whether former Trump attorney Michael Cohen had made other payments, but he said: "I would think if it was necessary, yes. He (Cohen) made payments for the president or he's conducted business for the president."

Giuliani called the $130,000 (£96,043) Cohen paid to Daniels in 2016 a "nuisance payment." Daniels alleges that

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