Trump himself had been publicly implicated by prosecutors as complicit in Cohen's campaign finance crimes during his 2016 run for office. The attorney spoke on the condition of anonymity because prosecutors have not discussed the case publicly. Photo / APTrump has said the payments to Daniels and McDougal were a private matter and did not amount to campaign finance violations. As part of the same case, Cohen was also charged with lying to Congress about a Trump project in Russia. The Manhattan prosecutor's probe includes a look at the 2016 hush-money payoffs.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 06, 2021 01:59 UTC