- President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight federal crimes on Tuesday.
- The investigation into Cohen focused on a $ 130,000 payment the lawyer facilitated to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about her allegation of a 2006 affair with Trump.
- Trump has denied the allegation, and Daniels is suing Cohen and Trump to void the non-disclosure agreement.
- Shortly after Cohen’s guilty pleas, Daniels and her lawyer Michael Avenatti said they were “vindicated.”
- Daniel added that and Avenatti “look forward to the apologies from the people who claimed we were wrong.”
Stormy Daniels, the porn star at the center of President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen’s criminal investigation, and her lawyer Michael Avenatti said they were “vindicated” by Cohen’s guilty pleas on Tuesday.
Cohen on Tuesday pleaded guilty to eight federal crimes, and said he made illegal campaign and corporate contributions “at the direction of the candidate” and with the “purpose of influencing the election.”See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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