Stormy Daniels

Stormy Daniels Testifies in Graphic Detail About Sexual Encounter, Trump Visibly Angry

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Adult film actress Stormy Daniels took the witness stand in Donald Trump’s criminal trial and delivered graphic, detailed testimony about a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump that she said led to the $130,000 hush money payment at the center of the case. Her testimony offered jurors a vivid …

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Trump Indicted by Manhattan DA on 34 Felony Counts - First Criminal Indictment of President in U.S. History

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced a historic grand jury indictment of former President Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges related to a scheme to suppress damaging information about Trump during the 2016 presidential …

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Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Campaign Finance Violations, Implicates Trump as "Individual-1"

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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney and fixer, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to eight felony counts, including campaign finance violations that he stated were committed “in coordination with and at the direction of a candidate for federal …

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Cohen Uses Essential Consultants to Pay Stormy Daniels $130,000 Hush Money

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Michael Cohen wires $130,000 from Essential Consultants LLC to Stormy Daniels’ attorney, using fraudulent HELOC loan, completing hush money payment days before election

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Cohen Creates Essential Consultants LLC for Stormy Daniels Payment

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Michael Cohen establishes Essential Consultants LLC in Delaware, shell company used to pay Stormy Daniels $130,000 and later receive $4 million from corporations and oligarch-linked firms

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