MICHAEL COHEN’S PLEA

■ Cohen said he made one payment “in coordination and at the direction of a candidate for federal office” and the other “under direction of the same candidate.”

■ Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said: “There is no allegation of any wrongdoing against the President.”

■ Mr Cohen pleaded guilty to bank fraud, tax fraud and campaign finance violations

■ The campaign finance charges against Mr Cohen stemmed from payments he made to the pornographic actor Stormy Daniels and to former Playboy model Karen McDougal

■ As part of a plea bargaining deal with prosecutors, Mr Cohen agreed not to challenge any prison sentence from 46 to 63 months

■ Mr Cohen did not agree to testify in other matters, such as the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia

DID TRUMP VIOLATE THE LAW?

The issue comes down to whether he “tried to influence an election, whether he knew and directed it and whether he knew it was improper”, a former prosecutor said

CAN HE BE FORCED TO SUBMIT TO QUESTIONS?

Trump's lawyers are negotiating with Mueller on whether he would submit to an interview as part of Mueller’s Russia investigation.

CAN TRUMP BE INDICTED?

The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel has held that a sitting president cannot be indicted Trump's lawyers have said that Mueller plans to adhere to that guidance, though Mueller's office has never independently confirmed that.