Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal
Political scandal and legal dispute
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- An alleged one-night sexual encounter took place in 2006 between businessman and later U.
- presidential election, and Trump's falsification of business records as part of the conspiracy.
- After the story broke, Cohen voluntarily cooperated with federal investigators and admitted the payment to Daniels was an illegal contribution to Trump's campaign intended to influence the election.
- The scandal grew during 2018, as the public learned that Trump was alleged to have reimbursed Cohen via false business records designed to hide their true nature.
- Trump was prosecuted in New York for falsifying his business records in order to hide any one of three other crimes: Cohen's illegal campaign contribution, violations of tax laws, and/or Trump's alleged involvement in a conspiracy to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.
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WikipediaAn alleged one-night sexual encounter took place in 2006 between businessman and later U.S. President Donald Trump and pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels, followed by a conspiracy on the part of Trump to cover up the story in the month prior to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and Trump's falsification of business records as part of the conspiracy. The story broke in 2018, when The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump's attorney Michael Cohen paid US$130,000 to Daniels as hush money to buy her silence during the 2016 Trump campaign.
After the story broke, Cohen voluntarily cooperated with federal investigators and admitted the payment to Daniels was an illegal contribution to Trump's campaign intended to influence the election. Cohen pleaded guilty to this and other crimes and in December 2018 was sentenced to three years in prison. The scandal grew during 2018, as the public learned that Trump was alleged to have reimbursed Cohen via false business records designed to hide their true nature. The New York district attorney's office impaneled a grand jury to investigate Trump's involvement, and the grand jury voted to indict Trump on March 30, 2023.
Trump was prosecuted in New York for falsifying his business records in order to hide any one of three other crimes: Cohen's illegal campaign contribution, violations of tax laws, and/or Trump's alleged involvement in a conspiracy to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election. This marked the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. A jury found him guilty on all 34 counts he was charged with, making him the first former U.S. president to become a convicted felon. Since The Wall Street Journal's initial report, Daniels and Trump have been outspoken about the scandal and have contested related claims in civil litigation.
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