Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti is alleging that a Russian oligarch reimbursed longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen following his payment to the porn star who claims she had an affair with President Trump
Daily Mail: Special Prosecutor Mueller quizzes Putin-linked billionaire about $500,000 which Trump lawyer Michael Cohen received AFTER he paid Stormy Daniels hush money
* Stormy Daniels lawyer Michael Avenatti leveled the extraordinary allegations online Tuesday
* He says after his own investigation, longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen got $500,000 from a company controlled by a Russian oligarch
* Payments came after Cohen says he took out a HELOC loan to finance a $130,000 payment to Daniels
* The payments came from Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian oligarch billionaire
* Vekselberg is on list of sanctioned Russian individuals by Trump administration
* Cohen is under criminal investigation and the FBI has raided his home, office, and a hotel where he is staying
Robert Mueller's team has questioned a Russian oligarch over a $500,000 payment made to Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen after he paid Stormy Daniels, it has emerged.
Michael Avenatti, attorney for the porn star who claims she had an affair with President Trump, alleged on Tuesday evening that the oligarch, Viktor Vekselberg transferred approximately $500,000 to Cohen in 2017. The funds came in several installments in 2017.
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Update #1: Exclusive: Mueller's team questions Russian oligarch about payments to Cohen (CNN)
Update #2: Trump lawyer Michael Cohen 'paid by firm linked to Russian' (BBC)
WNU Editor: The first thing that ran through my mind was .... how did Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti know that a Russian company had hired and paid attorney Michael Cohen $500,000? It looks like someone told him about this .... and since the only one who is investigating this case is the Mueller Counsel, one can easily assume that they leaked it to him. Is this a big thing .... maybe. But this Russian oligarch is well known for giving money to Washington's elite .... including even the Clintons and her 2016 campaign Chairman John Podesta .... Emails show Clinton ties to Russian oligarch under investigation (Washington Examiner). Bottom line .... if what this Russian oligarch and the recipients of his money did is illegal .... we must as well then indict every politician in Washington (which in my opinion is probably not a bad idea").
