President Donald Trump's personal lawyer said Tuesday that he paid
$130,000 of his own money to a porn star who allegedly had a sexual
encounter with the President before his time in office.
"In a private transaction in 2016, I used my own personal funds to
facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford," Michael
Cohen said in a 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."
Keith Davidson, a lawyer for Clifford, said Cohen's claim that he paid
her out of his own pocket was "in complete harmony with what he informed
me of at the time of the transaction."
Just weeks before the 2016 election, Cohen reportedly created a private
LLC to pay Clifford, otherwise known as Stormy Daniels, following an
alleged July 2006 encounter with Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported
in January.
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