Stormy Daniels meeting with prosecutors in the investigation Michael Cohen is canceled

Stormy Daniels had been programmed to to be questioned Monday by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York, preparing for a possible grand jury appearance of a $ 130,000 payment from President Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen in exchange for his silence on a alleged case with Trump, according to a person close to the investigation, but his lawyer said last Sunday that the meeting was canceled.

Michael Avenatti said that he had received a late call Sunday from two prosecutors who said they were concerned about the interest of the media for the interview and who canceled the meeting, according to the Associated Press. .

Daniels and Avenatti cooperated with prosecutors and provided documents on the payment, made shortly before the 2016 election, in response to a subpoena, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide the information on Monday's interview.

A spokesman for Cohen's lawyer and US attorneys declined to comment.

Cohen is under federal investigation for possible campaign funding violations as well as bank and electronic fraud. An FBI raid on his attorney's office in New York and his home included a search for documents related to the payment of Daniels.

Cohen acknowledged that it made the payment through one of its Delaware business entities.

The payment came in the final weeks of Trump's campaign, and the president recently said that he was aware that Cohen made an arrangement with Daniels, an adult movie star whose real name is Stephanie Clifford .

White House officials repeatedly denied that Trump had sex with Daniels.

Daniels sues Trump and Cohen in California to invalidate the confidentiality agreement that she signed at the time of payment. Federal judge in April granted Cohen's request for a delay, saying that it seemed likely that Cohen would be charged in the criminal investigation in New York.