Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal attorney, admitted Tuesday to violating federal campaign finance laws by arranging hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal “at the direction” of then-candidate Trump. However, as part of his plea deal, Cohen agreed not to challenge any sentence between 46 and 63 months. Daniels and McDougal have both claimed they had sex with Trump while he was married, which the president denies. In May, Giuliani initially told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that Trump had reimbursed Cohen for the payment to Daniels. According to prosecutors, Cohen sent reimbursement invoices to “one or more” members of the Trump Organization requesting $35,000 per month.

Source: Fox News August 21, 2018 18:11 UTC