[PRESSTV] A top GOP fundraiser and prominent supporter of President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
, Elliott Broidy, has resigned after a report that the president's personal attorney arranged a $1.6 million payment to a former Playboy model who claimed Broidy had impregnated her.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer, arranged the payments to the woman on behalf of Broidy in late 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing the people familiar with the matter.
Following the report, Broidy stepped down from his post as deputy national finance chairman of Republican National Committee (RNC), the organization in charge of fundraising and developing the Republican Party platform.
The Los Angeles-based investor, who helped raise millions of dollars for Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, issued a statement, admitting that he "had a consensual relationship" with the woman.
"It is unfortunate that this personal matter between two consenting adults is the subject of national discussion just because of Michael Cohen’s involvement," Broidy said.
"At the end of our relationship, this woman shared with me that she was pregnant. She alone decided that she did not want to continue with the pregnancy and I offered to help her financially during this difficult period."
Broidy would be at least the second senior committee figure this year to resign after former RNC finance chairman Steve Wynn stepped down in January amid employees' accusations of sexual misconduct.
Cohen himself has been under the spotlight over a $130,000 payment he made to a porn-star aimed at preventing her from publicly discussing an affair she claims to have had with Trump.
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