CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified to Congress on Wednesday [2-27-19] that some reimbursement checks issued to him for hush-money payments to an adult film star were signed by Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer. Cohen said Donald Trump himself, while president, signed a $35,000 check tmsnrt.rs/2BPKgcL while he was president to repay him for ‘hush money I paid on his behalf,’ Cohen told a House of Representatives committee…Cohen’s testimony raises the possibility that Donald Trump Jr. could be prosecuted for violating campaign finance laws, depending on whether he knew what the payments were intended for, said lawyer Andy Wright, who served as associate counsel to President Barack Obama.”
–Karen Freifeld, Nathan Layne, “Donald Trump Jr. signed checks for hush money related to affair: Cohen,” Reuters, February 27, 2019 7:36 am