In a recent development, Michael Cohen, the primary witness in Donald Trump’s hush money case, has directly linked the former president to the payoff that was intended to keep adult film actress Stormy Daniels from disclosing their alleged affair, aiming to safeguard his 2016 presidential campaign.
As per the account given by Cohen while at the witness stand in the Manhattan criminal trial on May 13, Trump’s former personal counsel, if details of Trump’s sexual encounter with Daniels a decade earlier had leaked, it would have spelled a “disaster” for his presidential campaign.
The trial uncovered that Trump had allegedly coordinated a cover-up plan followed by a payment to Daniels. Cohen, who has been Trump’s personal attorney and fixer, has emerged as a central witness in the ongoing trial.
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