In this Sept. 19, 2017 file photo, President Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen appears in front of members of the media after a closed door meeting with the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Trump's personal lawyer, Cohen, brokered a $130,000 payment to a porn actress to prevent her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, according to a report Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in The Wall Street Journal. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen admitted that he paid Stephanie Clifford, the porn star who goes by the name Stormy Daniels who alleges she had an affair with Trump, $130,000 out of his own pocket shortly before the 2016 presidential election.