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US President Donald Trump knew that it was wrong to order the two women not to disclose their relationship with him before the 2016 elections. The charge had been brought by the government. Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen – who is in jail – in an interview with ABC TV.
Cohen was sentenced on Wednesday (12) to three years in prison for being held responsible for the scandal over the purchase of the silence of two women suspected of having treated Trump. He paid bad star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen Mcdougal for silence about alleged relations with Trump and monetary evasion.
In an interview Friday, Cohen accused Trump of having acted because he "was worried a lot about the impact this could have on the election".
"He ordered me to make the payments.He ordered me to be involved in these cases," Cohen said.
Michael Cohen, former attorney of the University of California at Berkeley, California, USA.
Michael Cohen, former attorney of the University of California at Berkeley, Trump , escorted after being sentenced to three years in prison – Photo: Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
Thursday, after the conviction According to Cohen, the president said on Twitter that he had never ordered the lawyer of the time to break the law. But when asked if the president knew that payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal were wrong, Cohen replied, "Of course."
In addition to the scandal involving the two women, Cohen was found guilty of monetary evasion and lied to Congress on the construction of a Trump tower in Moscow, Russia.
According to Reuters, a US federal law requires donations of "any value" to a campaign be made public. In addition, an individual donation can not exceed $ 2,700.
In July, it was reported that the FBI had seized records Trump and Cohen's discussions during a search of the prosecutor's offices. In an audio tape revealed by CNN, the two men discuss the payment they would make to buy the rights of the story of Karem McDougal, one of the models with which Trump would have links.
After the disclosure of the audios, Trump criticized the former lawyer, claiming that it was inconceivable and "possibly illegal" that a serious lawyer his client.
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