$130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels before election

In the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential election, Trump attorney Michael Cohen wired $130,000 to the lawyer representing Stormy Daniels as part of a nondisclosure arrangement. Daniels alleged a 2006 sexual encounter; Trump denied it. Prosecutors later argued the payment was intended to keep potentially damaging information from voters. Cohen pleaded guilty to federal campaign-finance offenses in 2018, and New York prosecutors subsequently pursued charges involving the recording of reimbursements to him.

Documentation

• https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-trial-conviction-of-donald-j-trump/
• https://www.factcheck.org/2018/05/qa-on-stormy-daniels-payment/

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