LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [5-3-18] said his longtime lawyer was reimbursed for a payment he made to a former adult film star to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump. The president said the agreement with Stephanie Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, was made ‘to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair.’ Mr. Trump’s disclosure came a day after Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for the president, said Mr. Trump had reimbursed Michael Cohen for the $130,000 payment to Ms. Clifford in return for her signing a nondisclosure agreement. Mr. Giuliani suggested that Mr. Cohen made the payment without Mr. Trump’s knowledge at the time. Mr. Trump had previously denied any knowledge of the payment, and said he didn’t know where the money for the payment had come from.”
-Rebecca Ballhaus and Joe Palazzolo, “Trump Acknowledges Payment to Porn Star Stormy Daniels,” The Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2018 11:23 am