Legal
Ex-Trump Controller Says Cohen Repaid From Personal Account
- Total payout to Cohen rose to $420,000, McConney says
- Judge Merchan threatened to jail Trump over gag order
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Donald Trump used a personal bank account to repay most of the money he owed to a former lawyer who bought the silence of adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election, a former Trump Organization finance official told a New York court.
Former controller Jeffrey McConney on Monday offered jurors at the hush money trial their first detailed look at how Trump reimbursed Michael Cohen, his onetime lawyer. Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about her claims of an affair with Trump.