Christal Hayes USA TODAY Published 7:13 p.m. UTC Aug 1, 2018 A former Playboy model who claims to have had an affair and became pregnant by a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump claims the president's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, was "recruited" in the case to act as a fixer. The details of Shera Bechard's alleged affair with GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy and the hush agreement she says she signed to keep the affair private were made public Tuesday after a federal judge unsealed a lawsuit she had filed last month with her attorney Peter Stris. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles targets Broidy, her former attorney, Keith Davidson, and Michael Avenatti, an attorney representing Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who claims to have had an affair with Trump. The lawsuit claims Broidy stopped paying the agreed-upon $200,000 installments as part of their $1.6 million agreement because details of the agreement were leaked from … [Read more...] about Playboy model who signed hush deal with GOP fundraiser says Cohen ‘recruited’ to fix problem, lawsuit says
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Trump on Cohen tape: ‘What kind of a lawyer would tape a client?’
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that it is “so sad” that his longtime personal attorney recorded their private conversations, suggesting that audio released Tuesday has been doctored to exclude “positive things” that he was “presumably” saying. “What kind of a lawyer would tape a client? So sad! Is this a first, never heard of it before? Why was the tape so abruptly terminated (cut) while I was presumably saying positive things?” the president wrote on Twitter. “I hear there are other clients and many reporters that are taped – can this be so? Too bad!” Trump’s social media post follows CNN’s Tuesday night publication of a recording of him speaking with his longtime attorney, Michael Cohen, about a payment intended to silence former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who claims to have had an affair with the president. Trump has previously denied the affair and being aware of any payments to McDougal. It … [Read more...] about Trump on Cohen tape: ‘What kind of a lawyer would tape a client?’
Robert Mueller and the Russian Threat to American Privacy
Robert Mueller's latest indictment in his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election is chock full of extraordinary details. Its most breathtaking revelation, however, is just how scary-good America's cyberspies are.Mueller's indictment shows how a dozen Russian military intelligence officers probed, hacked and pilfered the servers of the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the campaign of Hillary Clinton. It lists their names and ranks. It details how they paid for things (in bitcoin) and what they researched, which programs they used and how they tried to hide their tracks. It reveals the phony personas some agents used in their online interactions – “Alice Donovan,” “Jason Scott” and “Richard Gingrey.” And it has a tantalizing detail about the campaign's timing: On the same day that then candidate Donald Trump publicly asked the Russians “to find the … [Read more...] about Robert Mueller and the Russian Threat to American Privacy
Ex-Playmate Files Suit Against GOP Donor Elliott Broidy Over Hush-Money Deal
A former Playboy centerfold model has sued a prominent Republican fundraiser, her former lawyer and the lawyer for former adult-film star Stephanie Clifford in connection with the breakdown of a $1.6 million hush-money agreement, according to court documents filed Friday. At issue in the lawsuit filed under seal by Shera Bechard in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Elliott Broidy, a Los Angeles-based GOP fundraiser and venture capitalist, is their agreement from late last year to not disclose their affair. The Wall... … [Read more...] about Ex-Playmate Files Suit Against GOP Donor Elliott Broidy Over Hush-Money Deal
Top GOP Fundraiser to Stop Hush Payments Over Affair
A top Republican fundraiser will stop making payments to a former mistress who signed a hush-money agreement that was negotiated last year by Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer. Elliott Broidy, a Los Angeles venture capitalist and former Republican National Committee official, agreed to pay former Playboy centerfold Shera Bechard $1.6 million—in eight installments, beginning late last year—to keep quiet about her affair with the married donor, The Wall Street Journal reported in April.... … [Read more...] about Top GOP Fundraiser to Stop Hush Payments Over Affair