Donald Trumps deklarationer från 2015-2020 är nu offentliga

Two of the counts that Cohen pleaded guilty to appear to relate to Trump directly. Cohen admitted on Tuesday to making payments to two women at the direction of an unidentified candidate for political office who appears to be the president. Those payments, Cohen said, were made to influence the outcome of the election.

While Cohen didn’t name Trump directly during the hearing, his attorney Lanny Davis said shortly afterward that “Donald Trump directed [Cohen] to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principal purpose of influencing an election.” The Justice Department confirmed late Tuesday that Trump was the unidentified candidate.

Cohen pleaded guilty to one count of causing an illegal corporate contribution in 2016 by working with the CEO of a media company, at the direction of a federal candidate for federal election, to keep information from the public. Cohen said he paid a woman $150,000 “for the principal purpose of influencing the election.”

Last month, a recording was released of Cohen and Trump discussing a $150,000 payment from a tabloid publisher to a former Playboy model for the rights to her story about an alleged affair with the president. The recording was made two months before the 2016 presidential election.

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen (R), is seen in courtroom sketch at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Court House in New York City, August 21, 2018.
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Cohen also pleaded guilty to a count of making an excessive campaign contribution. He said he used a company under his control to pay $130,000 to a woman at the direction of the same candidate.

That payment is thought to refer to the $130,000 hush money payment Cohen facilitated to the porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims that she had sex with the president. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is suing Cohen and the president to void a nondisclosure agreement. In a statement to NBC News following Cohen’s plea, Clifford said she felt “vindicated.”