The group argues that Trump attorney Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment may have been a loan to Trump and, if so, needed to be disclosed. And CREW noted that special counsel Robert Mueller may also want to investigate because of "a similar pattern of potential blackmail" in personal matters involving Trump. Remember, the feds got Al Capone for lying on his federal financial submissions (his taxes), not for any underlying offenses," he said. Cohen has said he paid the porn actress $130,000 out of his own pocket as part of the agreement. Cohen then sent that email from his Trump Organization email account to his Gmail account, before forwarding it to Keith Davidson, the attorney previously representing Clifford.

Source: ABC News March 09, 2018 16:50 UTC