Porn-star hush money: No respite for Trump
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trump who denies any sexual relationship with daniels tweeted this month that the agreement was made to stop the false and extortionist accusations1 the us governments ethics watchdog on wednesday referred president donald trumps apparent hush-money payment to a porn star to the justice department for possible investigation1 a footnote in the 92-page document claims that the expense was not required to be reported on trumps 2016 disclosure form but in the interest of transparency says that cohen was reimbursed without interest last year for an amount in the range of 100000-250000 dollars1 contradicting the footnote the us office of government ethics notified the justice department that the payment meets the disclosure requirements for a reportable liability under the ethics in government act1 the letter by the office to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein said that trumps financial disclosure reports were being provided because you may find the disclosure relevant to any inquiry you may be pursuing regarding the presidents prior report which was filed in june 20171 the letter constitutes a referral by the ethics office of a possible false financial filing1 daniels had previously described a 2006 liaison with trump before signing a non-disclosure agreement shortly before the november 2016 presidential election1 the 130000-dollar 2016 payment to stephanie clifford better known as adult performer stormy daniels was made by trump lawyer michael cohen who seems to have only been reimbursed last year according to the presidents 2017 financial disclosure form released wednesday1 trump had claimed in early 2018 that he had no knowledge of cohens payment to daniels1 rosenstein a year ago appointed robert mueller as special counsel to lead the federal probe into russian election meddling moscows contacts with trumps campaign and trumps possible obstruction of the investigation1 cohen was the target of raids last month in an investigation by the us attorneys office for the southern district of new york after a referral from mueller1 citing the federal criminal investigation cohen this week told a new york court that he would refuse to testify citing his right against self-incrimination under the us constitutions fifth amendment in a lawsuit filed by daniels seeking to have the non-disclosure agreement cancelled1 daniels attorney argues that the contract was invalid because trump never signed it and alleges that cohen falsely accused her of lying1 trump was a television star and newly married to his third wife first lady melania trump at the time of the alleged daniels encounter.dpanan1