The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
– Raid tied to alleged affair –
Porn actress Stormy Daniels says that Cohen’s surreptitious payment aimed to keep her quiet about her earlier relationship with Trump.
The attorney representing the stripper — real name Stephanie Clifford — said his client had faced “death threats” over the case.
“The amt of courage and fortitude that my client @StormyDaniels and her family have shown over the last 6 weeks has been remarkable,” Michael Avenatti tweeted.
“It takes special people to withstand death threats, turmoil and personal attacks, all in the interest of a search for the truth. #gratitude #justice.”
The Washington Post reported that Cohen is under examination for possible bank fraud and campaign finance violations.
Clifford is among several women who claim to have had affairs with Trump in the past and were pressured or paid to keep quiet about them.
Last month, Clifford told 21 million TV watchers that she had unprotected sex with Trump after meeting with him at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, California in July 2006. That was shortly after Trump’s wife Melania gave birth to their son.
Trump has skirted questions about the relationship, and last week denied any knowledge of Cohen’s payment to secure Clifford’s October 2016 signature on a secret agreement to keep quiet about the affair.
But since then, media reports have made it public, and last month she sued in a California court to have the hush deal annulled. Cohen countersued, demanding some $20 million in penalties for her violating the non-disclosure pact.
Cohen has said that neither the Trump Organization, the president’s real estate group nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Daniels.
“Neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or indirectly,” Cohen said.
Cohen’s attorney accused prosecutors of seizing privileged communications between Cohen and his clients in the “completely inappropriate and unnecessary” raid.
