Cohen: Trump told me to pay off women to influence the election President Trump’s personal fixer Michael Cohen admitted in court Tuesday that he paid two women hush money — “at direction of the candidate,” a clear reference to Trump — to influence the 2016 presidential election. Trump’s name was not uttered but the implication was clear as Cohen admitted he cut a $150,000 check in 2016 to protect “the candidate.” “On or about summer 2016, in coordination and with and at the behest of the candidate, I and the CEO of a media company worked together to keep an...
