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- The revelation Wednesday night that President Donald Trump “reimbursed” his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $ 130,000 payment to the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election could significantly strengthen the criminal case against both men, campaign finance experts say.
- Cohen is already under scrutiny for the payment, which legal experts say could be a violation of the federal limit on individual political contributions.
- Meanwhile, if Cohen paid Daniels to help Trump’s chances in the election, and if Trump knew about it, he could face criminal exposure for failing to properly disclose the payment and his reimbursement to Cohen.
President Donald Trump’s personal defense lawyer threw a wrench into his client’s argument by admitting on national television that Trump was aware of, and reimbursed, his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen for a $ 130,000 payment Cohen made to the adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford shortly before the 2016 US election.
Clifford, who is known as Stormy Daniels, alleged earlier this year that she had an affair with Trump in the mid-2000s, while he was married to First Lady Melania Trump. She is now suing Cohen in a California civil case to get out of a nondisclosure agreement she signed in October 2016, claiming that the document is null and void because Trump never signed it.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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