Trump Ordered Payments to Women Knowing It Was Wrong, Cohen Says
- Former Trump lawyer says he’s taken responsibility for actions
- Trump denied asking Cohen to break the law with payments
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President Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to make hush payments to women alleging affairs with him out of concern about “how this would affect the election,” the attorney said in an interview with ABC News.
The interview marked Cohen’s first since being sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to breaking campaign-finance laws by arranging the payments, as well as lying to Congress and banks.