Firm linked to Russian mogul paid Trump attorney $500,000, Stormy Daniels' lawyer says
by Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times
May 09, 2018
3 minutes
The shell company used by President Donald Trump's attorney Michael Cohen to pay off Stormy Daniels received about $500,000 last year from a business linked to a Russian billionaire who is close to President Vladimir Putin, according to the porn star's lawyer.
Cohen's company, Essential Consultants LLC, received the money from a U.S. offshoot of the business empire of Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, lawyer Michael Avenatti claimed in a report he released Tuesday.
Avenatti disclosed a
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