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Trump’s Lawyer Personally Paid to Silence Ex-Porn Star About Encounter with Trump

HeadlineFeb 14, 2018

President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen says he personally paid $130,000 to former porn star Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels, several weeks before Trump’s election to keep her from going public about her 2006 sexual encounter with Donald Trump. Cohen says he was never reimbursed for the payment to silence Daniels.

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