AT&T payments to Trump lawyer more than reported: source

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Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T Inc paid Essential Consultants, a company set up by President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen, more than the $200,000 that came to light late on Tuesday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

AT&T confirmed the $200,000 payment late on Tuesday, saying it hoped to gain "insights" into the new administration at a time when the telecommunications company sought approval for a major merger, among other issues.

Payments by AT&T, which could total as much as $600,000, were revealed by porn actress Stormy Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, who also said a company owned by Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg and other corporations had paid Essential Consultants for certain services.

It is not clear how Avenatti knew about the payments. His client Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said Cohen paid her $130,000 in October 2016, a month before the election, to buy her silence about a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump. Trump has denied the affair.

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A source told Reuters that the contract was for a year, so the payments could have totaled $600K.

Among other things, AT&T opposes Net Neutrality.

[C_U_L8R]

1. They better come clean, quickly

This could take them all down... including the board

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. AT&T wanted that merger last year, too.

Now we need to know where the bribery money went.
If Avenatti has records so far of it being paid to Cohen, there will be records of Cohen sending it somewhere.

They should look under Trump's alias names.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Will this pass the bribery test?

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. We should be stunned.

We should be stunned that the President of the United States is running a shakedown operation out of the White House.

Are we there yet?

[Cognitive_Resonance]

5. Let's see the Statement of Work. What were the deliverables and milestones? nt

[SunSeeker]

6. K & R for exposure.