New Cohen sentencing document overnight repeats the claim that Cohen "acted on his client’s instructions" in making hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.
In new document, Michael Cohen says that Daniels/McDougal would have hurt the campaign: "Michael felt obligated to assist Client-1, on Client-1’s instruction, to attempt to prevent Woman-1 and Woman-2 from disseminating narratives that would adversely affect the Campaign."
Trump previously tweeted in May that the payments had "nothing to do with the campaign."
New Michael Cohen document on Moscow construction timeline: "Michael’s false statements to Congress likewise sprung regrettably from Michael’s effort, as
a loyal ally and then-champion of Client-1, to support and advance Client-1’s political messaging."
a loyal ally and then-champion of Client-1, to support and advance Client-1’s political messaging."
New Cohen document says "Client-1 and his public spokespersons were seeking to portray contact with Russian representatives in any form by Client-1... as having effectively terminated before the Iowa caucuses" and Cohen was "seeking to stay in line with this message."
Cohen document: "Michael had a lengthy substantive conversation with the personal assistant to a Kremlin official... engaged in additional communications concerning the project as late as June 2016, and kept Client-1 apprised of these communications."
