Michael Cohen Had a Little Chat With Prosecutors Re: Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump

At any given moment, there are numerous legal matters that should keep Donald Trump up at night. One of the big ones, of course, is the criminal investigation into his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Another? The hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election, which a grand jury recently started to hear evidence about and which could result in the ex-president doing up to four years in prison.

Obviously, a number of things need to happen for Trump to actually be put behind bars, including the not-insignificant hurdles of his being convicted and, before that, actually charged with a crime. But it appears things are definitely moving in that general direction.

Per ABC News:

Trump’s onetime lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, arrived Wednesday at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to meet with prosecutors investigating the former president’s role in alleged hush payments to a porn actress before the 2016 election.… Cohen helped arrange the payment with David Pecker, then publisher of the National Enquirer. Pecker appeared before the grand jury on January 30.

The hush money case was rejected by former district attorney Cy Vance, but revived under current district attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office has been fending off criticism of a decision not to charge Trump earlier.

Last December, Bragg’s office scored a legal win when the Trump Organization was found guilty of numerous felonies, including tax fraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business records. Before his meeting on Wednesday, Cohen told reporters an indictment for Trump was “on the tarmac and ready to take off.”

While Trump has consistently denied having an affair with Daniels, he has admitted to reimbursing Cohen for the $130,000 payment he made to her.

No big deal, just Elon Musk apparently ruining a person’s life