No. of Recommendations: 4
the DA probably tanked his career, if not worse, to get the ball rolling.
Even if the case doesn't result in a conviction, Trump's wrongdoing is memorialized for all time. Bragg will do fine even if it means a move to a private practice.
Nov. 4, 2016: Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks denies affair.
Jan. 12, 2018: White House, Michael Cohen deny affair
Feb. 13, 2018: Cohen says he paid Daniels out of his own pocket
April 5, 2018: Trump denies that he knew of payment
Reporter: 'Mr. President, did you know about the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels?'
Trump: 'No. No. What else?'
Reporter: 'Then why did Michael Cohen make those if there was no truth to her allegations?'
Trump: 'Well, you'll have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney. And you'll have to ask Michael Cohen.'
Reporter: 'Do you know where he got the money to make that payment?'
Trump: 'No, I don't know. No.'
April 9, 2018: FBI raids Cohen's properties, seizes documents
May 2, 2018: Giuliani reveals Trump reimbursed Cohen
In the interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Rudolph Giuliani, who has also served as Trump's lawyer, said Trump had, in fact, repaid Cohen to silence Daniels.
Giuliani: 'Having something to do with paying some Stormy Daniels woman $130,000, I mean, which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. That money was not campaign money, sorry, I'm giving you a fact now that you don't know. It's not campaign money. No campaign finance violation. So ''
Hannity: 'They funneled it through a law firm.'
