New Cohen documents suggest Trump campaign knew of Stormy Daniels payment before election

Published July 18, 2019 4:59pm ET



President Trump’s campaign may have known about a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, according to newly unsealed court records.

In mostly unredacted search warrant documents released Thursday, an FBI special agent detailed phone calls between Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen and members of Trump’s campaign, including his press secretary Hope Hicks and campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, and Trump himself.

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