President Donald Trump refused Thursday to say whether he knew before the 2016 election about his former lawyer¡¯s $130,000 payment to a porn star, but said there was no campaign finance violation.

¡°I don¡¯t want to get into it because it¡¯s been covered so much,¡± Trump said Thursday in a White House interview with Bloomberg News. ¡°I can say this: There¡¯s no campaign violation whatsoever, and if you watch all of the good legal pundits you¡¯ll see that.¡±

Michael Cohen, Trump¡¯s former lawyer and fixer, pleaded guilty to illegal campaign finance charges over hush money paid days before the election to Stephanie Clifford, a porn actress who performs under the name Stormy Daniels, who has said she had an affair with Trump.