Think of
it as Hush Money.
The explosive social media controversy that ensued over the Giuliani interviews centered on the fact that on April 5 the President had stated flatly «no» when asked if he was aware of the $ 130,000 payment that Michael Cohen had made to porn star Stormy Daniels
as hush money over her allegations that she and Trump had had a sexual relationship.
Rudolph Giuliani, working with Donald Trump on legal matters, told Fox News that Trump repaid lawyer Michael Cohen the $ 130,000 used
as hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Not exact matches
Sanders faced difficult questions on Thursday
as reporters pressed her on the contradicting stories out of the White House regarding the
hush money paid by lawyer Michael Cohen and reimbursed by Trump.
Donald Trump's personal lawyer was wiretapped by the FBI
as part of the investigation into a»
hush money» payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels,...
If they agree to Mr. Avenatti's terms, Ms. Clifford can speak openly about not only the sexual relationship she claims to have had with Mr. Trump shortly after his wife, Melania, gave birth to the couple's son, Barron, but also about what she describes
as an effort to silence her with «
hush money.»
A
hush money payment just days before his presidential election can be viewed under campaign finance law
as a payment to protect his campaign from political damage.
October 17, 2016: The Trump Organization's Cohen created Essential Consultants LLC,
as a vehicle to quietly pay
hush money to Daniels.
She had received $ 130,000 in
hush money days before the 2016 election
as part of a payment arranged by a Trump attorney, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Unfortunately, most e-publishers are pretty
hush -
hush about the amount of
money their authors receive in royalties, but it's safe to say that it's probably more than mainline publishers offer, but not
as much
as you'd get from publishing your book yourself.
Mr Giuliani also revealed what legal analysts say might be tantalising leads for investigators, who already were exploring Mr Cohen's business practices and whether any crimes may have been committed
as part of a pattern or strategy of paying
hush money to keep damaging stories about Mr Trump from appearing when he was a candidate, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Gannett battle over, Ferro faced two noisy dissident shareholders: Oaktree, dispatched today with high - priced
hush money, and HG Vora, an activist shareholder that smelled profit last year
as Tronc was in play and bought into the company speculatively.
that Trump knew about the $ 130,000 in
hush money that longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen paid Stephanie Clifford, the porn actress known
as Stormy Daniels who alleges she had affair with Trump.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed a «reimbursement»
as part of a
hush agreement with porn star Stormy Daniels over allegations of a decade - old affair, but he said campaign
money wasn't involved.
And don't forget
as well that in some parishes the
money dropped into the collection basket also goes to pay
hush money as well
as the landscapers.
As for that
hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels by Trump's attorney Michael Cohen to remain silent about an alleged affair, Scaramucci doesn't think the matter will amount to much.
Therefore if Trump or some person close to Trump engaged Cohen
as a «fixer», tasked with persuading or coercing certain parties into concealing reports of some embarrassing debauch or unlawful deed, (via threats of litigation or by providing
hush money then drafting possibly unactionable NDAs, or maybe via other even more unorthodox methods), such fixitious communications would not be protected.
Cohen was ordered to appear in court by Judge Kimba Wood and cough up Hannity's name
as part of the investigation into $ 130,000 in
hush money Cohen paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, who allegedly had an affair with Trump in 2006.
What to make of Rudy Giuliani's fumbling and bumbling
as he contradicted President Donald Trump about payments to porn star Stormy Daniels; his «storm troopers» comment about FBI agents who raided the offices of Trump's fixer - lawyer Michael Cohen; and his seeming justification of
hush -
money payments that led the law firm he worked for to drop him
as partner?
All this came
as the Prime Minister made the extraordinary suggestion that Mr Murdoch's son and heir apparent James had «questions to answer» to police after admitting paying
hush money to victims of hacking by the News of the World.
There's the ongoing special - counsel investigation into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian campaign to aid Trump's candidacy and defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton; there's the associated inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, whom he had asked not to investigate his former national - security adviser; there are the president's
hush -
money payments to women with whom he allegedly had extramarital affairs, made through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and facilitated by corporate cash paid to influence the White House; there is his ongoing effort to interfere with the Russia inquiry and politicize federal law enforcement; there are the foreign governments that seem to be utilizing the president's properties
as vehicles for influencing administration policy; there's the emerging evidence that Trump campaign officials sought aid not only from Russia, but from other foreign countries, which may have affected Trump's foreign policy; there are the ongoing revelations of the president's Cabinet officials» misusing taxpayer funds; there is the accumulating evidence that administration decisions are made at the behest of private industry, in particular those in which Republican donors have significant interests.
The big news: a trip to Fox News by Rudy Giuliani, just retained
as one of President Trump's attorneys, to talk about how Trump actually did repay attorney Michael Cohen for the $ 130,000 in
hush money that went to porn star Stormy Daniels.
All messages might be common expressions such
as the following ones: stone cold, tough cookie, monkey business, bad egg, work your fingers to the bone,
money to burn, miss the boat, down in the dumps, lay down the law, quick buck, throw your weight around, on the same wavelength, space cadet, wrong side of the tracks, easy
as pie, out like a light, back stabber,
hush -
hush, down - to - earth, or play hooky.
Of course, if you had the
money to take it to the law, you'd have, I suspect a very rapid settle out of court with
hush money -
as has happened with the various «oh we didn't actually have the rights but we published your e-book anyway (and MAYBE you even got some
money out of it.
and any settlment was paid TO Double Fine
as «
hush money» to keep their obvious intentions to stop the release of Brutal Legend simply because they failed to make it into a Guitar Hero game, and then sued because it's grown such a following.
Several businesses hired Cohen
as a consultant and paid
money to Essential Consultants, the company that paid $ 130,000 in
hush money to Daniels, an adult film star, the records revealed.
President Donald Trump insisted Friday that «we're not changing any stories» about the 2016
hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels, even
as he further muddied the explanation for the settlement by suggesting the new face of his legal team needs to «get his facts straight.»