Trending – Trump’s Personal Lawyer Says He Paid Porn Star $130,000

Michael Cohen, who is a personal attorney for Donald Trump has admitted that he paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 out of his own pocket, and that Trump, who was not yet president at the time, did not give money to anyone.  The transaction happened in 2016, and Cohen says the payment was lawful and was not a campaign contribution or expenditure. 

The latest twist in the tangled tale of what happened between President Trump and an adult film star more than a decade ago has taken a new turn Tuesday, with Trump’s longtime personal lawyer claiming that he paid the porn star $130,000 out of his own pocket.

Michael Cohen, the lawyer who worked for Trump for more than a decade, said in a statement obtained by Fox News that the 2016 transaction with Stormy Daniels was lawful and not a campaign contribution or campaign expenditure “by anyone.”

“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 statement read.

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