![]() ![]() Under New York law, disguising such payments in corporate records is a crime, but typically only a misdemeanor. Cohen said that Trump and his company concealed the purpose of the payments by falsely labeling them as legal expenses. Trump insisted in April 2018 he did not know about the hush money, but Cohen provided Congress a series of check images, signed by Trump, reflecting payments to Cohen that he said were reimbursements for the money he laid out, including at least two that came while Trump was in the White House. ![]() Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen funded that payment through a home equity line of credit. ![]() While the precise charges are secret for now, prosecutors have concluded they can prove a criminal case against Trump because of the apparent subterfuge surrounding a $130,000 payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to keep her from publicizing her claim about a sexual encounter with Trump. ![]()
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