WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday he repaid his personal lawyer for hush money given to porn actress Stormy Daniels after claiming previously he didn’t know about the payments. But the money, paid just before the 2016 election to stifle her claims of an affair, “had nothing to do with the campaign,” the […]
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DonaldTrump says he doesn't think personal lawyer will 'flip'
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doesn’t expect Michael Cohen, his longtime personal lawyer and fixer, to “flip” as the government investigates Cohen’s business dealings. Trump, in a series of tweets fired off from Florida on the morning of former first lady Barbara Bush’s funeral, accused The New […]
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Anxiety grows for Trump after raid on his personal lawyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his allies have hit a new level of anxiety after the raid on his personal attorney’s office, fearful of deeper exposure for Trump, his inner circle and his adult children — and more than concerned that they don’t know exactly what is in those records and electronic devices […]
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Donald Trump seethes over FBI raid, ponders firing those he blames
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was so incensed by the FBI’s raid of his personal attorney’s office and hotel room that he’s privately pondered firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and publicly mused about ousting special counsel Robert Mueller. The raid, in which agents seized attorney Michael Cohen’s records on topics including a $130,000 […]
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Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations
? Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Donald Trump, is under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, according to three people with knowledge of the case. FBI agents on Monday raided Cohen’s Manhattan office, home and hotel room as part of the investigation, seizing records about Cohen’s clients […]
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Trump: Raid on his lawyer abuses attorney-client privilege
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents have raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing records on topics that include a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had sex with Trump. The raid prompted a new blast Tuesday from the president, who tweeted that “Attorney-client privilege is […]
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Federal agents seize documents from Donald Trump’s lawyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents on Monday raided the offices of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who has been under intense public scrutiny for weeks over a $130,000 payment to a porn actress who says she had sex with Trump more than a decade ago. The raid on Cohen’s office was done by […]
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There's something fishy going on here
Dear Michael D. Cohen, Esq.: So you’re the one who paid Stormy Daniels to shut up? According to The New York Times, you claim to have forked over $130,000 during the 2016 campaign to Stephanie Clifford, a pornographic film “actress” who performs under that name, in exchange for her promise not to talk about having […]
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Donald Trump’s attorney says he paid $130,000 to porn star
A longtime personal attorney for President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he paid $130,000 to an adult-film star who had told people she had an affair with Trump a decade before he won the presidency. Michael Cohen, who had previously dismissed stories about the payment, said he paid Stormy Daniels — whose real name is […]