Adult film star was paid $130,000 in hush money to keep her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the ex-president under wraps
The $130,000 payment was made in 2016, as Trump’s first presidential campaign was in its final weeks and Daniels was negotiating to go on television to discuss her alleged sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier. Cohen made the payment and arranged another payout to a different woman – at Trump’s direction, he says.
Trump, who has denied having an affair with Daniels, is seeking the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2024. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has given him a chance to testify before the grand jury investigating the payment, a sign prosecutorsThe former president’s current lawyer said Trump was invited to testify before the grand jury but has no plans to do so. A spokesperson for Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg declined to comment to Reuters.
Cohen pleaded guilty, served prison time and was disbarred. Federal prosecutors never charged Trump with any crime.
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