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- Cohen and Weisselberg mulled how to avoid any Trump fingerprints on Daniels payment, Cohen says
- Cohen said he strung Daniels and her attorney along in an attempt to delay the payment: “After the election, it wouldn’t matter.”
- When Cohen asked Trump about Daniels: He said they met "playing golf with Big Ben Roethlisberger"
- Cohen on the Access Hollywood tape: “The spin that he wanted to put on it was that this is locker room talk"
- Cohen says he conferred with then-CFO Allen Weisselberg about the payment
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