- President Trump knew his longtime adviser Roger Stone was in talks with WikiLeaks about releasing damaging information on Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign when they were presidential candidates.
- Cohen had previously lied to Congress about a Trump Tower project in Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign.
- While president, Trump wrote Cohen a check from his personal bank account to reimburse him for payments he had earlier made to porn star Stormy Daniels (Trump has previously stated he didn't knowCohen had paid her $130,000 before the election.).