Cohen was Trumps sycophant. He adored him. He was the Goebbels to Trumps Hitlers. The Smithers to Trumps Mr. Burns.
I say this to say that it’s entirely possible he made the payment of his own volition.
Sure. And it's possible JFK Jr is alive and well and secretly working with Trump to save the world.
Use your head. Think. Just weeks before the 2016 election, Daniels threatened to go public with the fact she and Trump had sex. Cohen quickly set up an LLC through which a hush money payoff would be made. On October 26, Cohen tapped into a home equity line of credit in the amount of $131,000. On October 27, he arranged the payment to Daniels in the sum of $130,000. Later, including the time after Trump's inauguration and when he no longer had a working relationship with Cohen, Trump wrote a series of monthly checks payable to Cohen as reimbursement for the Daniels payment. Trump said the checks to Cohen were pursuant to a retainer agreement with Cohen. On May 2, 2018, in an interview with Hannity, Rudy Giuliani confirmed that Trump had, in fact, repaid Cohen. A few days later, Giuliani stated: "When I heard Cohen’s retainer of $35,000,
when he was doing no work for the president, I said that’s how he’s repaying it, with a little profit and a little margin for paying taxes for Michael."
Also, there's an audio recording of Trump and Cohen discussing a hush money payment to Playmate Karen McDougal. You really think Cohen acted on his own with respect to Daniels, though? Ha.
Again, use your head. There is no plausible reason why Cohen would have made this payment to Daniels on his own. He was not flush with cash; he had to leverage the equity in his home. Trump, on the other hand, was flush with cash. More importantly, Trump was the candidate. Trump was the one Daniels had sex with. Daniels was in no position to hurt Cohen. She was, though, well-positioned to hurt Trump
Finally, there's this (below). Cohen clearly acted at the direction of "Individual 1."
One more time - - - think. Use your head. You can do it!
Feds Accuse Individual-1—Also Known as Trump—of a Crime in Michael Cohen’s Sentencing Memo
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