Trump donor promised Michael Cohen $10 million lobbying on nuclear: Report

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A Trump donor reportedly agreed to pay President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen $10 million to lobby for a nuclear project, just one of several alleged instances of Cohen profiting off of his inside connection to Trump.

Franklin Haney gave the contract to Cohen in April to get help completing unfinished nuclear reactors in Alabama, known as the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant, unnamed sources familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. Part of what Haney was seeking was a $5 billion loan from the government.

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