In the first “dexterity and murder” of the media company there was a reward outside the Trump door, who tried to sell the story about the child, who was supposedly paternity, left marriage. The American media paid a door employee in the amount of $ 30,000 for the rights to a story that later turned out to be fictitious, and then never managed it. The second “catching and murder” was about McDugal, who claimed that he had an affair with Trump when he was married in the early 2000s. According to prosecutors, the American media paid McDougal $ 150,000 so as not to become public with history.
In a registered conversation in September 2016, Cohen allegedly told Trump that he would open a company for a neat transfer to McDugal, and said that he spoke with the financial director of Trump's organization about “how to establish all this”.
“So what should we pay for this?” Trump asked, according to the district prosecutor's office. “One fifty?” He added before offering payment in cash.
Prosecutors claim that Cohen does not agree and that Trump then offered to pay a check.
After Access to Hollywood The tape in which Trump told the owner Billy Bush He grabs women “from pussy” The prosecutors said that the editor -in -chief of the American media became public, related to Daniels's lawyer and Cohen to ensure her silence. Nevertheless, Trump allegedly did not want to independently make a payment of $ 130,000, so Cohen agreed to do this on his own behalf.
According to the prosecutors, the men postponed the payment of Daniels until October 2016, when Cohen opened a bank account in Manhattan for Shell called Essential Consultants LLC. Then Cohen transferred $ 131,000 from his personal credit line to the account to the account before connecting 130,000 US dollars to the Daniels lawyer as a quiet payment.
After the 2016 elections, Trump repaid Cohen through monthly payments, which, according to prosecutors, were disguised for payments for legal services.
After Trump won the election, the American media released the door of Trump Tower and McDigal from their non -disclosure agreements. Before and after Trump's inauguration, the prosecutors say that he met with Beis in private in order to thank him for killing stories about door employees and McDugal.
In January 2017, the financial director of Trump's organization agreed to repay Cohen through monthly payments throughout the year within the framework of the Office Agreement, which, as the prosecutors say, were fake. A year later, Trump and Cohen allegedly met in the oval office to confirm the repayment agreement.
In February 2017, Cohen sent an account by e -mail, requiring payment, which Trump's organization approved and sent to accounts, debt, using the instructions “Ask for legal expenses. Place the “Certiner for the months of January and February 2017.”
The prosecutors say that Cohen did this 10 more times, each account falsely stated that it was for the fixators agreement. Trump also allegedly paid Cohen personally for nine payments with checks, including false statements.
“A total of 34 false records were made New York Business records to hide the initial hidden payment of $ 130,000, ”the Bragg said in a statement.
In August 2018, the FBI served the order for a search in the house and offices of Cohen, after which the prosecutors said that Trump told him during a telephone call to “remain strong.”
Cohen ultimately found himself guilty of eight criminal charges, including tax evasion and false statements in a financial institution. In September 2018, the American media concluded an agreement on non -controling in exchange for cooperation with the investigation.
