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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsR.N.C. Official Who Agreed to Pay Playboy Model $1.6 Million Resigns.
'A major donor with close ties to the White House resigned on Friday as deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee after the revelation that he had agreed to pay $1.6 million to a former Playboy model who became pregnant during an affair.
The deal was arranged by President Trumps personal lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen.
Under the terms of the deal, the Republican donor, Elliott Broidy, would pay the woman in installments over the course of two years, and in return, she would agree to stay silent about their relationship, two people with knowledge of the arrangement told The New York Times. The deal was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
The lawyer for the woman, Keith M. Davidson, also represented two women who were paid during the presidential campaign for their silence about alleged affairs with Mr. Trump a former Playboy model, Karen McDougal, who sold the rights to her story to American Media Inc., and Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic actress known as Stormy Daniels, who received a payment of $130,000 that Mr. Cohen said came out of his own pocket.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided Mr. Cohens Manhattan office and hotel room on Monday seeking business records, emails and documents relating to those two agreements, as well as Mr. Cohens work for the Trump Organization and efforts to suppress negative information about the president.
It is unclear whether the F.B.I. has scrutinized Mr. Davidson.
The deal involving Mr. Broidy was not known to be a subject of the investigation.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/us/politics/elliott-broidy-michael-cohen-payout.html?
calimary
(81,557 posts)Ouch!
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)and pure Republicans donating to the party only to find out that the fund was paying mega bucks for Playboy models to have abortions. What could they have been thinking? They must have used this payment method before, since they didn't seem to hesitate in making those arrangements with quarterly payments, no less. Doesn't anyone audit the books? What about the federal government. Aren't there watchdogs on campaign monies?
Don't the wives ever check out their husbands? There are surely ways they can figure out something is going on. Didn't the military used to use salt peter in the food to cut down urges? Might think of seasoning the hamburgers a little differently from normal. You might just see your husband more often or see more of your husband...just sayin'.