Timeline: Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels and the $130,000 payment to buy her silence.
, an actress and former Playboy model, begins trying to sell her story of an alleged affair she had with Trump in 2006 and 2007. She retains attorney Keith Davidson, who approaches the National Enquirer about a possible deal. Donald Trump accepts the Republican Party's nomination for president in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 21, 2016.
Federal prosecutors later say the agreement was meant"to suppress [her] story so as to prevent it from influencing the election.": Cohen reaches an agreement with David Pecker, the chairman and CEO of the National Enquirer's parent company, American Media, Inc. , to secure the non-disclosure portion of the company's deal with McDougal for $125,000. The deal between Cohen and AMI is never finalized, but Cohen retains a copy of the draft agreement.
Cohen negotiates a deal to pay Daniels $130,000 in exchange for the rights to her story and a non-disclosure agreement.Drew Angerer / Getty ImagesOct. 25 : No deal with Daniels has been finalized, and Davidson tells Cohen, Howard and Pecker that his client is close to reaching an agreement with another outlet to tell her story. Cohen agrees to finalize the deal. : Cohen opens a bank account for Essential Consultants and transfers $131,000 he obtained by taking out a home equity line of credit into the new account. : Cohen receives signed copies of the agreement between"Peggy Peterson" and"David Dennison." It is dated Oct. 28.
In an accompanying letter,"Peterson" is identified as a pseudonym for Daniels. The identity of Dennison is redacted in later court filings, but Daniels' attorney later says it was the name used by Trump. The agreement bears the signatures of Daniels, Davidson and Cohen, but the signature for Dennison is blank. Court filing
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