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Ten days later, the $130,000 payment arrived, according to another email reviewed by The Post. Daniels’ story about her sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier would remain under wraps long past Election Day.

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Cohen has denied violating campaign finance law.

The Wall Street Journal first reported the payment to Daniels in January. The cancellation of the deal and the exact date of the payment have not been previously reported.

After the Journal published its story, Cohen initially dismissed reports of the payment as a “false narrative.” He later issued a statement in which he said he “used my own personal funds to facilitate” a payment of $130,000 to Daniels. He said that neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction and that neither had reimbursed him for the payment.

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