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Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen received secret $600,000 to fix talks with Ukraine's leader

May 24, 2018

It's been revealed President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of almost $600,000 to fix talks between the US President and his Ukrainian counterpart.

Ukraine's leader, Petro Poroshenko, met Trump at the White House last year.

The country then dropped it's corruption investigation into Trump's former campaign manager following the meeting.

All parties have denied the allegations. 

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