Maybe he just wanted a new pool. Maybe…

Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, gained access to up to $774,000 in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election, according to public records.

The revelation comes after Trump recently admitted to reimbursing Cohen for a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. At issue is how Trump transferred the funds, and how Cohen made the payment in the first place.

The attorney got access to more than half a million in cash thanks to a 2015 mortgage on a Trump Tower apartment. He and his wife were co-signers on the loan, which was made on a condo owned by her parents. Cohen also gained access to a maximum $245,000 through a bank credit line linked to his own Manhattan apartment, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Cohen’s banks would not confirm whether he tapped the lines of credit in full – and it is not known whether he had intended to use the loans to settle Trump’s troubles.

But the report could shed light on the financing behind Cohen’s payment to Daniels in October 2016.

The actress, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, launched a scandal with her story of a one-night stand with Trump a decade ago – and got $130,000 to keep quiet about it shortly before the 2016 election.

Trump has denied the liaison.

Cohen has admitted to making the payment, saying the funds came from a home equity loan. Trump reimbursed him through a series of payments totaling $420,000 over the next year, sources recently told the New York Times.

Investigators are looking into whether Cohen’s payment to Daniels amounted to an excessive campaign contribution, which would violate federal elections law, or broke other criminal statutes.

“There is no campaign violation,” Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani insisted Friday. “The payment was made to resolve a personal and false allegation in order to protect the president’s family.”

That statement was an attempt to resolve three days of shifting stories from the former New York City mayor about Cohen’s payment and Trump’s knowledge of it.

“Trump didn’t know about the specifics [of the agreement], as far as I know,” Giuliani said Wednesday. “But he did know about the general arrangement that Michael would take care of things like this.”

Last month, the president told reporters he was unaware of the payment and did not know where ­Cohen had gotten the money–let alone have knowledge of the $774,000 lines of credit.

Trump took Giuliani to the woodshed for his gaffe Friday morning.

“I tell you what–Rudy is a great guy, but he just started a day ago,” he told reporters.

“We’re not changing any stories.”