Stormy Daniels' lawyer tells jurors about secret payment and his suspicions that Trump was the one who financed it

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Lawyer Keith Davidson said on Tuesday that he did not appreciate having has agreement with Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen.

THE tension went back has A hostile phone call In 2011 After A gossip site called Dirtiness blogged about rumors of A sexual connection between adult movie star Daniels And Asset. "Before I could barely get My name out, I was encounter with A hostile dam of insults And allegations,” Davidson testified In Trump's Corruption trial In Manhattan.

Cohen was "just yelling," Davidson said, And he accused Davidson clients, Daniels And her director, Gina Rodriguez, of leak THE claim has Dirtiness. "Finally, After he finished," Davidson reminded, he insured Cohen that Daniels doesn't to want THE history publicized. Davidson hurt up All right has call Dirtiness with A cease And cease order, And THE publication drawn THE job, he testified.

Before that call, Rodriguez warned Davidson that "a few jerk," meaning Cohen, had called her threatening has prosecute on THE gossip article, Davidson testified.

Prosecutors to have identified Cohen as Trump's intermediate In A "catch And kill" scheme has keep politically damaging stories about Daniels And formerPlayboymodel Karen McDougal Since become breakup news In THE medium of Trump's March towards THE presidency In 2016. A $130,000 payment has Daniels East has THE heart of THE Manhattan District Lawyers case that Asset, with Cohen as her indicate man, engaged In A criminal electoral conspiracy.

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They did talk After McDougal And American Media reached A $150,000 agreement has buy exclusive rights has THE history that all evenings Understood would be Never see THE light of day. Davidson said he called Cohen "as A professional courtesy" has to leave him know about THE agreement. "He was happy," Davidson said. Interrogates by Assistant District Lawyer Joshua Stein glass, Davidson....