Debt Repaid
It was felt that the money paid to Stormy Daniels was connected to his campaign in 2016. The argument was the money was paid just days before the Presidential Election in an effort to keep Daniels quiet.
Trump’s new attorney Rudy Giuliani claimed that the payment was personal hence the move to repay Cohen.
“Certainly, the argument that the Government will make is that the $130,000 payment from Michael Cohen to Daniels was a loan to the Trump campaign to keep these allegations secret obviously and then Trump paying Cohen back would be a campaign expenditure” Andrew Herman said.
Herman, an attorney specializing in campaign finance law at Miller & Chevalier made the disclosure.
Daniels lawyer had his say on the matter.
“This is an outrage what has gone on here,” Avenatti said. “The American people have been lied to about this agreement, about the $130,000, about the reimbursement, and this is consistent with what we have been saying now for months.
“That ultimately it is going to be proven and ultimately was going to come out, “he continued. We just didn’t know that Rudy Giuliani was going to go on the Sean Hannity show and admit it on National television.”
It seemed unlikely that this new approach by Trump and his legal team would work. However until the matter was fully played out nothing was certain.
