In a private transaction in 2016, I used my own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $ 130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford, neither the Trump Organization nor the President Donald Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Stephanie Clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or indirectly.

Michael Cohen

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Other checks tmsnrt.rs/2BVqSeh to reimburse me for the hush money payments were signed by Don Jr. and Allen Weisselberg.

What he didn't want is to have an entire group of think tanks that are tax experts run through his tax return and start ripping it to pieces, and then he'll end up in an audit and he'll ultimately have taxable consequences, penalties and so on.

I did the same thing as you're doing now, for 10 years. I protected Mr. Trump for 10 years, the more people that follow Mr. Trump as I did blindly are going to suffer the same consequences that I am suffering.

I wouldn't use the word colluding. by Michael Cohen

I wouldn't use the word colluding.

I am ashamed because I know what Mr. Trump is. He is a racist. He... by Michael Cohen

I am ashamed because I know what Mr. Trump is. He is a racist. He is a conman. He is a cheat.

He lied about it because he never expected to win the election. He also lied about it because he stood to make hundreds of millions of dollars.

I've never been to Prague. ... I've never been to the Czech Repub... by Michael Cohen

I've never been to Prague. ... I've never been to the Czech Republic.

It was my experience that Mr. Trump inflated his total assets when it served his purposes, such as trying to be listed among the wealthiest people in Forbes, and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate taxes.

These documents and others were provided to Deutsche Bank in one occasion when I was with them in our attempt to obtain money so that we could put a bid in on the Buffalo Bills.

When telling me in 2008 or 2009 that Michael Cohen was cutting employees' salaries in half -- including mine -- Michael Cohen showed me what Michael Cohen claimed was a $ 10 million IRS tax refund, and he said that Michael Cohen could not believe how stupid the government was for giving' someone like Michael Cohen' that much money back.

Donald Trump directed me to find a straw bidder to purchase a portrait of him that was being auctioned at an Art Hamptons Event, the objective was to ensure that Donald Trump portrait, which was going to be auctioned last, would go for the highest price of any portrait that afternoon.

When I say conman, I'm talking about a man who declares himself brilliant but directed me to threaten his high school, his colleges and the College Board to never release his grades or SAT scores.

I have no reason to believe that tape exists, i don't believe Trump Tower meeting.Cohen ever struck Mrs. Trump Tower meeting.Cohen, ever.

Don Jr. came into the room and walked behind Don Jr. father's desk -- which in itself was unusual, i recalled Don Jr. leaning over to Don Jr. father and speaking in a low voice, which I could clearly hear, and saying :' The meeting is all set.' I remember Mr. Trump saying,' OK good... let me know.'.

In Michael Cohen way, Michael Cohen was telling me to lie. by Michael Cohen

In Michael Cohen way, Michael Cohen was telling me to lie.

There were changes made, additions -- Jay Sekulow, for one, there were several changes that were made including how we were going to handle that message, which was -- the message of course being -- the length of time that the Trump Tower Moscow project stayed and remained alive.

That's the message that Michael Cohen wanted to reinforce. by Michael Cohen

That's the message that Michael Cohen wanted to reinforce.

President Donald Trump knew of and directed the Trump Moscow negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it. And so I lied about it too -- because President Donald Trump had made clear to President Donald Trump through President Donald Trump personal statements to me that we both knew were false and through President Donald Trump lies to the country, that President Donald Trump wanted me to lie. And President Donald Trump made it clear to me because President Donald Trump personal attorneys reviewed my statement before I gave it to Congress.

These documents and others were provided to Deutsche Bank on one occasion in which I was with him in our attempt to obtain money so that we can put a bid on the Buffalo Bills.

I made these misstatements to be consistent with individual 1's political messaging and out of loyalty to individual 1.