President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer says he paid a porn star who claimed to have had sex with the now US president. Attorney Michael Cohen …
Mar 22, 2022 · CNBC has reached out to a spokesman for Daniels seeking comment on the ruling. The case has its origins in the fall of 2016, when Trump was the Republican nominee for president, and his...
Aug 22, 2020 · The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the decision. The president's personal lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, paid $130,000 to Daniels, who filed the suit...
Mar 22, 2022 · Feb. 4, 202203:53 Michael Cohen, then a lawyer for Trump, paid Daniels $130,000 before the 2016 presidential election to remain silent about a sexual encounter she alleged she had had with the...
The president's personal lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, paid $130,000 to Daniels, who filed the suit under her legal name Stephanie Clifford. After Trump's election, Daniels sued to void the agreement.
The order in Superior Count in Los Angeles determined Daniels won her lawsuit against Trump over the agreement that was signed 11 days before the 2016 presidential election. As a part of that deal, the losing party would pay the lawyers fees.
Meanwhile, Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance charges and lying to Congress, among other crimes, and was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018. The Associated Press.