Michael Cohen’s opening statement has already addressed some major questions. Here they are, along with others that remain unanswered.
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Did Cohen talk with Trump about this, and did the future president see the platform his candidacy provided as a way to improve his company’s chances of landing a lucrative deal? Building a Trump Tower Moscow would have required Russian government approval.When former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele compiled his infamous dossier of allegations involving Trump, he wrote that Cohen went to Prague, Czech Republic, during the campaign to meet with Russian agents.
But Cohen has never addressed this issue in public and under oath. The answer could go a long way to bolster the dossier’s credibility or further damage it.Cohen’s response:For starters, he said Trump asked him to use his home equity line of credit to pay Stormy Daniels “to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign.”
“I am going to jail in part because of my decision to help Mr. Trump hide that payment from the American people before they voted a few days later,” he said. Cohen, however, did not address in his opening statement whether Trump knew the payments would be campaign finance violations, a key legal issue.Shortly before the election, Cohen arranged $280,000 in hush-money payments to Karen McDougal and Daniels, two women who said they had affairs with Trump years before.
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