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A Canadian man with the same name as U.S. President Donald Trump’s private lawyer says he’s been mistakenly swept up in the high-profile legal battle between adult film actress Stormy Daniels and the president.
Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, released a seven-page trove of private banking records on Tuesday. He claimed the documents proved that Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, was selling access to the president, pitching himself to companies like AT&T, Novartis and a company linked to a Russian billionaire.
In total, Cohen raked in $4.4 million, Avenatti claims.
Avenatti says that money was transferred into the same bank account Cohen used to pay Daniels $130,000 in hush money over an alleged affair with Trump in 2006. Trump has denied the relationship.
Among the dossier files is a Canadian connection. One document alleges that "Mr. Cohen received a wire transfer in the amount of $4,250.00 from Actuarial Partners Consulting SDN BHD to an account in Toronto at Toronto Dominion Bank."
But the Malaysia-based company says it’s "a case of mistaken identity" involving a former Canadian consultant also named Michael Cohen.
In an interview with CTV’s Richard Madan, the Ottawa-based Cohen addressed the puzzling incident.
"Obviously there was a mistake here,” Cohen told CTV News from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he is on assignment. “But having woken up in the morning and having this email, it was a bit of a shock.”
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/canadia...sier-1.3923165