President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified to Congress on Wednesday that some reimbursement cheques issued to him for hush-money payments to an adult film star were signed by Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer.
Cohen said Donald Trump himself, while president, signed a $35,000 cheque while he was president to repay him for “hush money I paid on his behalf,” Cohen told a House of Representatives committee.
“Other cheques to reimburse me for the hush money payments were signed by Don Jr. and Allen Weisselberg,” he said, referring to the president’s son and the Trump Organization CFO.
Cohen‘s testimony raises the possibility that Donald Trump Jr. could be prosecuted for violating campaign finance laws, depending on whether he knew what the payments were intended for, said lawyer Andy Wright, who served as associate counsel to President Barack Obama.
Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for Trump Jr. and the Trump Organization, did not respond to requests for comment.
Cohen pleaded guilty in August to campaign finance violations relating to arranging payments to adult film star Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, and to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, to maintain silence about their affairs with Trump ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
