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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney
- Three corporations - Novartis, Korea Aerospace Industries, and AT&T - paid a firm linked to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
- The payments to Cohen were made to Essential Consulting and were revealed by Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing the adult-film star Stormy Daniels in her court cases against Trump and Cohen.
- Here's a rundown of how much the three companies paid and their explanations of the payments.
Three corporations are facing questions on Wednesday after making large payments to a consulting firm linked to President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen.
Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical firm; Korea Aerospace Industries, a South Korean
Reasons for the payments varied from insight into the Trump administration to help with US accounting rules.
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing the adult-film star Stormy Daniels, revealed the payments on Tuesday in a report that detailed Cohen's finances.
In addition to the payments from the companies, the report alleged that a $500,000 payment from Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg to a separate LLC shortly after the 2016 election helped pay alleged hush money to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
We've run down the full list of companies that paid Cohen, how much they paid, and what they said they paid for below.