Article 6ACCM A 2006 encounter and cash for silence: how the Trump-Stormy Daniels case unfolded

A 2006 encounter and cash for silence: how the Trump-Stormy Daniels case unfolded

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Martin Pengelly in New York
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The former president's meeting with a porn star at a golf event in Utah kicked off a scandal that has led to a criminal indictment

The Stormy Daniels affair, which this week made Donald Trump the first US president ever to be criminally indicted, first reached the White House in February 2017.

So picture this scene," Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and fixer, said in congressional testimony two years later. One month into his presidency, I'm visiting President Trump in the Oval Office for the first time.

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