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Trump Acknowledges Michael Cohen Represented Him In Stormy Daniels Payment

The president said for the first time that his longtime lawyer had been working on his behalf in paying off the adult film actress but said he wasn't involved in Cohen's New York City case.
President Trump acknowledged on Thursday that attorney Michael Cohen had represented him in the deal Cohen concluded with porn actress Stormy Daniels.

Updated at 10:41 a.m. ET

President Trump acknowledged on Thursday that his longtime attorney Michael Cohen had "represented" him in what he called the "crazy" deal in which Cohen paid $130,000 to buy the silence of a porn actress just before the 2016 election.

Trump's comments in an interview with were the first time he has conceded his connection to Cohen's deal with Stormy Daniels, in 2006, after Trump's marriage and the birth of his youngest son.

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