The payments began flowing in February 2017, soon after Trump took office, when Cohen approached Trump Organization executives seeking to be reimbursed for ‘‘election-related’’ expenses, prosecutors said.
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That included a $130,000 payment Cohen had made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels so she would remain silent about an alleged affair with Trump, according to the court documents.
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Trump executives decided Cohen should be paid more than he sought - an additional $360,000 for expenses and other fees and taxes, plus a $60,000 bonus, prosecutors said.
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The documents point to two unnamed Trump Organization employees who prosecutors say approved the payments - with one executive instructing an employee to describe the fees to Cohen as legal expenses.
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The employee was instructed to put the words ‘‘retainer for the month of January and February 2017’’ in the description of the first payments, court filings said.
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Cohen submitted monthly invoices and received all the monthly checks, according to the filings, for a total of $420,000.
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‘‘In truth and fact, there was no such retainer agreement, and the monthly invoices COHEN submitted were not in connection with any legal services he had provided in 2017,’’
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Trump’s trust paid Cohen early in 2017, but according to Trump’s attorney, he personally paid Cohen the rest of the monthly invoices. The payments, as well as Cohen’s admission to prosecutors that he made illegal campaign contributions ‘‘in cooperation’’
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Bots are gettin' sweaty! Fuck off to the kremlin, comrade.
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Seems reasonable that DOJ brings in a forensic accountant to review all of Trump's records for at least 2015-2017.
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Who signed off on them?
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The best swamp creatures. The best.
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Ok! That's more manure to add to the pile! Impeach and sentence this criminal asap!
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Hehehehe #420
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