Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer and fixer, implicated his former boss as he pleaded guilty Tuesday to eight counts, including violations of campaign finance rules during the 2016 presidential race.
The former lawyer and businessman pleaded guilty to five counts of tax fraud, one of bank fraud and two counts of violating campaign finance laws during the hearing before US District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan.
Questioned by the federal judge, Cohen said he had paid sums of $130,000 and $150,000 each to two women who claimed they had affairs with Trump, acting at his boss’s request, in a bid to buy their silence “with the purpose of influencing the election.”
Cohen did not specify the women’s names, but the sums correspond to a payment known to have been made to porn star Stormy Daniels just before the election to silence her claims of a one-night stand with Trump — and another destined for former…
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