Connecting the money between Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels and a Russian billionaire
Michael Cohen’s orchestration of an Essential Consultants payoff to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels was the first in a series of transactions that entangled him in a criminal investigation that threatens to yield fraud charges against President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer.
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