(CNN) Stewart Rahr is a pharmaceutical billionaire, self-described "king of all fun" and, as President Donald Trump told a magazine, a real character. Rahr, a fixture on gossip sites, was "the fake bidder" who plunked down $60,000 in 2013 for a portrait of his friend Trump, according to an article clipping provided Wednesday by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. He also described the bidder as a straw buyer , who makes a purchase on behalf of another person. The bidder was reimbursed by the charity Trump Foundation, Cohen told the House Oversight CommitteeCNN made several calls and emails to Rahr, but did not receive a response. Rahr declined to comment when the Washington Post reported on Trump's charitable giving in 2016.

Source: CNN February 28, 2019 00:16 UTC