, 57, served as the former president's attorney from 2006 to 2018 and was an executive vice president of the Trump Organization - an outfitMichael Cohen testified that he was ordered to pay off the National Enquirer to stop a story about Trump's reported affair with Stormy Daniels from coming outHe took the stand at the Manhattan courtroom, coming face-to-face with his former boss, testifying that his job was to do "whatever" Trump wanted.
Trump told Cohen to "make sure it doesn't get released," referring to the story of the reported affair, Cohen testified.Teacher who ‘had sex with students’ says she 'liked' the attention from teens Cohen testified that Trump told him that he was advised to pay Daniels, reminding him that he was a billionaire.Cohen said that he and Allen Weisselberg, the then-chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, spoke about generating the $130,000 through a membership request event.
However, he added that he wouldn't pay $130,000 in hush money on someone else's behalf without expecting that he would be repaid.for arranging payments to Daniels and for lying to Congress in 2016, following an investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Meuller into Russian interference in the election.that he violated campaign finance laws "for the principal purpose of influencing" the 2016 presidential election under Trump's direction.
"The only requirements are that he be 35 and be born in the United States and not have engaged in an insurrection."Last week, Stormy Daniels testified about her reported affair with Trump, claiming that he would compare her to his daughter Ivanka.