New report suggests Trump personally coordinated $130,000 payment to adult film star

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A new report by the Wall Street Journal on Monday suggests that President Donald Trump knew about payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels weeks before the election.

In a previous statement made in mid-February, Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen claimed he used his “personal funds” to “facilitate” the payment and was not reimbursed by the Trump campaign or the Trump Organization. Cohen refused to say if he was reimbursed by the Trump organization or Trump personally.

“In a private transaction in 2016, I used my own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford,” Cohen said in the statement. “Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or indirectly. The payment to Ms. Clifford was lawful, and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone.”

https://thinkprogress.org/new-report-suggests-trump-personally-coordinated-130000-payment-to-adult-film-star-a55a0ef00233/


First of all the ABA should have this person disbarred.............

Second why isn't the government oversight and the FEC not having open hearings on this issue...................I know why




November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

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1. Stiffed another contractor, eh

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2. Never looked at in those terms before................good one............eh...

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4. of all the contractors, you'd think the one paying hush money would be the one to pay in full.

i guess it's just hard to break a bad habit.

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3. how is it not a campaign contribution or expenditure?

money does not have to physically flow through a campaign bank account to be a campaign contribution or expenditure.

if he wasn't reimbursed, then he contributed something worth $130,000 to the campaign.