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Extraction Summary
6
People
10
Organizations
1
Locations
3
Events
3
Relationships
4
Quotes
Document Information
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News article / media report (archived in house oversight committee records)
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Summary
This document is a news report outlining allegations by attorney Michael Avenatti regarding payments made by corporations (AT&T, Novartis, Korea Aerospace Industries) to Michael Cohen's firm, Essential Consultants, in 2017 and 2018. The text connects these payments to Cohen's role as President Trump's personal lawyer and notes that Essential Consultants was the same entity used to pay hush money to Stormy Daniels. The document also details responses from AT&T and Novartis denying impropriety and clarifying the timelines of their contracts.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Michael Avenatti | Lawyer |
Attorney for Stormy Daniels; released report on payments to Essential Consultants
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| Michael Cohen | President's Personal Lawyer |
Creator of Essential Consultants; recipient of corporate payments
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| Stormy Daniels | Client / Adult Film Actress |
Real name Stephanie Clifford; received hush money from Essential Consultants
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| Donald Trump | President (US) |
Alleged affair with Daniels; dinner with Novartis CEO
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| Vas Narasimhan | Incoming CEO |
CEO of Novartis; attended dinner with Trump in Davos
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| Stephanie Clifford | Alias |
Real name of Stormy Daniels
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Organizations (10)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| AT&T |
Paid Essential Consultants $200,000
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| Essential Consultants |
Company created by Michael Cohen; received payments from corporations
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| CNBC |
Media outlet receiving statement from AT&T
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| Time Warner |
Subject of acquisition by AT&T
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| U.S. Justice Department |
Sued to block AT&T/Time Warner deal
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| Novartis |
Paid Essential Consultants nearly $400,000
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| World Economic Forum |
Event location in Davos
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| Korea Aerospace Industries LTD |
Paid Essential Consultants $150,000
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| The White House |
Denied allegations
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of document (via footer stamp)
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Timeline (3 events)
January 2018
Dinner between Trump and incoming Novartis CEO
Davos, Switzerland
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Location of World Economic Forum and dinner between Trump and Novartis CEO
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Relationships (3)
Cohen described as 'president's personal lawyer at the time'
Described as 'Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti'
Company 'created by Cohen'
Key Quotes (4)
"AT&T said Cohen's company 'was one of several firms we engaged in early 2017 to provide insights into understanding the new administration.'"Source
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Quote #1
"'They did no legal or lobbying work for us, and the contract ended in December 2017,' AT&T said."Source
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Quote #2
"'Following these payments, reports surfaced that Mr. Trump took a dinner with the incoming CEO of Novartis before Mr. Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in late January 2018,' Avenatti's report said."Source
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Quote #3
"A Novartis spokesperson said in a statement that 'any agreements with Essential Consultants were entered before our current CEO taking office in February of this year and have expired.'"Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,268 characters)
Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, said AT&T had made four separate payments of $50,000 apiece to Cohen's company, for a total of $200,000 in late 2017 and into early 2018.
That company, Essential Consultants, was created by Cohen in October 2016 and soon after was used to make a $130,000 hush-money payment to Daniels.
In a prepared statement to CNBC, AT&T said Cohen's company "was one of several firms we engaged in early 2017 to provide insights into understanding the new administration."
"They did no legal or lobbying work for us, and the contract ended in December 2017," AT&T said.
The company did not say how much it had paid Cohen, who was the president's personal lawyer at the time.
AT&T is in the midst of pursuing an $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner. The U.S. Justice Department has sued to block that deal.
In a report on Cohen's company, Avenatti's law firm said that Novartis in late 2017 and early 2018 made four separate payments to Essential Consultants totaling nearly $400,000.
"Following these payments, reports surfaced that Mr. Trump took a dinner with the incoming CEO of Novartis before Mr. Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in late January 2018," Avenatti's report said.
That CEO, Vas Narasimhan, was joined with a group of other companies' executives at that dinner.
A Novartis spokesperson said in a statement that "any agreements with Essential Consultants were entered before our current CEO taking office in February of this year and have expired."
Avenatti's report says another company, Korea Aerospace Industries LTD, paid Essential Consultants $150,000 in November 2017.
Avenatti's client Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was paid $130,000 by Essential Consultants on the eve of the 2016 presidential election.
Daniels says the money was in exchange for her signing a deal that required her to remain silent about an affair she claims to have had with Trump in 2006, shortly after the birth of his youngest son.
The White House has denied that Trump had sex with the adult film actress.
Neither the White House nor Cohen had an immediate comment on Avenatti's new allegations about payments to Cohen's company.
WATCH: Feds saw log of Cohen's phone calls
That company, Essential Consultants, was created by Cohen in October 2016 and soon after was used to make a $130,000 hush-money payment to Daniels.
In a prepared statement to CNBC, AT&T said Cohen's company "was one of several firms we engaged in early 2017 to provide insights into understanding the new administration."
"They did no legal or lobbying work for us, and the contract ended in December 2017," AT&T said.
The company did not say how much it had paid Cohen, who was the president's personal lawyer at the time.
AT&T is in the midst of pursuing an $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner. The U.S. Justice Department has sued to block that deal.
In a report on Cohen's company, Avenatti's law firm said that Novartis in late 2017 and early 2018 made four separate payments to Essential Consultants totaling nearly $400,000.
"Following these payments, reports surfaced that Mr. Trump took a dinner with the incoming CEO of Novartis before Mr. Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in late January 2018," Avenatti's report said.
That CEO, Vas Narasimhan, was joined with a group of other companies' executives at that dinner.
A Novartis spokesperson said in a statement that "any agreements with Essential Consultants were entered before our current CEO taking office in February of this year and have expired."
Avenatti's report says another company, Korea Aerospace Industries LTD, paid Essential Consultants $150,000 in November 2017.
Avenatti's client Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was paid $130,000 by Essential Consultants on the eve of the 2016 presidential election.
Daniels says the money was in exchange for her signing a deal that required her to remain silent about an affair she claims to have had with Trump in 2006, shortly after the birth of his youngest son.
The White House has denied that Trump had sex with the adult film actress.
Neither the White House nor Cohen had an immediate comment on Avenatti's new allegations about payments to Cohen's company.
WATCH: Feds saw log of Cohen's phone calls
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