Trump's personal lawyer denies allegation of receiving secret payment to fix talks between the Ukrainian president

Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 US dollars to fix talks between the Ukrainian president and President Trump.

CNN reports, that according to a source close to those involved the payment was arranged by a mediator acting for Ukraine's leader, Petro Poroshenko, adding that Cohen was not registered as a representative of Ukraine as required by US law.

Cohen denies the allegation.

The meeting at the White House was last June. Shortly after the Ukrainian president returned home, his country's anti‑corruption agency stopped its investigation into Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort.

A high‑ranking Ukrainian intelligence officer in Poroshenko's administration described what happened before the visit to the White House.

There is no suggestion that Trump knew about the payment.

[Source: BBC]