The charges trace back to a $130,000 hush-money payment that Trump's fixer,
Michael Cohen, made to the porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016 to suppress
her story of a sexual liaison with Trump in 2006. While serving as
president, Trump reimbursed Cohen, and how he did so constituted fraud,
prosecutors say.
Fact-Checking Trump's Remarks in the Hush Money Trial
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