WSJ: Cohen complained about lack of reimbursement for porn star payment
President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen complained to friends he had not been reimbursed for a six-figure payment to a porn star alleged to have had an affair with Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Cohen previously said in a statement that he had facilitated a payment to Stephanie Clifford, better known as the porn star Stormy Daniels, but has denied that Trump and Clifford had an affair in 2006, as The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
The Journal report on Monday said First Republic Bank, the bank Cohen used to wire $130,000 to Clifford, reported the payment to the Treasury Department after flagging it as suspicious.
The Washington Post previously reported on a standoff between Clifford and Cohen weeks ahead of the 2016 election, when a lawyer for Clifford threatened that would end her silence on the alleged affair and Cohen ultimately wired money through a limited liability company he created shortly before the election.
That Post report also said Clifford's attorney Keith Davidson was contacted by City National Bank in Beverly Hills, the bank Davidson used to receive Cohen's payment, almost a full year after the payment.
The Journal noted that the lengthy lag between the payment and that inquiry is unusual and suggests the bank received information that made it review the matter. The Journal said the review could have come in response to a subpoena or to regulators, and the bank told the Post that it would not "confirm or comment on inquiries from regulatory agencies or law enforcement, including subpoenas."
Asked for comment on the report, Cohen replied, "Fake news," according to The Wall Street Journal.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/politics/michael-cohen-stormy-daniels/index.html
President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen complained to friends he had not been reimbursed for a six-figure payment to a porn star alleged to have had an affair with Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Cohen previously said in a statement that he had facilitated a payment to Stephanie Clifford, better known as the porn star Stormy Daniels, but has denied that Trump and Clifford had an affair in 2006, as The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
The Journal report on Monday said First Republic Bank, the bank Cohen used to wire $130,000 to Clifford, reported the payment to the Treasury Department after flagging it as suspicious.
The Washington Post previously reported on a standoff between Clifford and Cohen weeks ahead of the 2016 election, when a lawyer for Clifford threatened that would end her silence on the alleged affair and Cohen ultimately wired money through a limited liability company he created shortly before the election.
That Post report also said Clifford's attorney Keith Davidson was contacted by City National Bank in Beverly Hills, the bank Davidson used to receive Cohen's payment, almost a full year after the payment.
The Journal noted that the lengthy lag between the payment and that inquiry is unusual and suggests the bank received information that made it review the matter. The Journal said the review could have come in response to a subpoena or to regulators, and the bank told the Post that it would not "confirm or comment on inquiries from regulatory agencies or law enforcement, including subpoenas."
Asked for comment on the report, Cohen replied, "Fake news," according to The Wall Street Journal.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/politics/michael-cohen-stormy-daniels/index.html
