Donald Trump Jr. signed checks for hush money related to affair - Cohen


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  • Wednesday, 27 Feb 2019

Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump, is sworn in to testify before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen testified to Congress on Wednesday that some reimbursement checks 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 check https://tmsnrt.rs/2BPKgcL while he was president to repay him for "hush money I paid on his behalf," Cohen told a House of Representatives committee.

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