Court documents show close contact between Cohen and Trump during hush-money arrangements
by Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times
Jul 18, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - Michael Cohen was in close contact with Donald Trump in 2016 as he arranged for hush-money payments to women who said they'd had affairs with the future president, according to court documents released Thursday.
An affidavit, used to obtain court approval for searches of Cohen's properties more than a year ago, cites phone records showing frequent communication between the two men as Cohen scrambled to enact the illegal scheme shortly before the
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