Prosecutors: Trump used 'sham' invoices to mask payments to Cohen [View all]
BY JOHN BOWDEN - 08/22/18 09:27 AM EDT
Prosecutors in court filings released Tuesday said that President Trump relied on “sham” invoices from longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen to authorize reimbursement payments to the lawyer for hush money paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Court documents obtained by The Washington Post detail a $420,000 invoice for legal fees from Cohen in 2017 that prosecutors argue was inflated to mask the president's reimbursement of Cohen's payments to the two women and possibly others who threatened to come forward with claims of affairs with Trump during the 2016 election.
Cohen “sought reimbursement for that money by submitting invoices to the candidate’s company, which were untrue and false. They indicated that the reimbursement was for services rendered for the year 2017, when in fact the invoices were a sham," prosecutors argued.
“In truth and fact, there was no such retainer agreement, and the monthly invoices COHEN submitted were not in connection with any legal services he had provided in 2017,” the filings continued.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/402983-prosecutors-trump-used-sham-invoices-to-mask-payments-to-cohen
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