Cohen pays Stormy Daniels $130,000 before 2016 election
In October 2016 Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's lawyer, paid adult-film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep silent about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, which he denies.
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In October 2016 Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's lawyer, paid adult-film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep silent about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, which he denies.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Stormy Daniels
PersonDirect responsibility
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Cohen pays Stormy Daniels $130,000 before 2016 election. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
What changed
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- 1.vogue.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: daniels+130,000+cohen · verified
- 2.nbcnews.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: daniels+130,000+cohen · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Cohen pays Stormy Daniels $130,000 before 2016 election. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/stormy-daniels-130000-payment-2016-10
https://factrail.ai/facts/stormy-daniels-130000-payment-2016-10
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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