https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/key-lawyer-to-testify-before-trump-grand-jury/
"Costello told reporters following his more than two hours of testimony before the grand jury that
Cohen said he had masterminded the hush-money agreement all by himself.
“The heart of it is that Michael Cohen told us that he was approached by Stormy Daniels’ lawyer and Stormy Daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against Trump,” Costello said, according to a clip in a tweet.
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So Michael Cohen decided on his own, that’s what he told us, on his own to see if he could take care of this,” Costello said without elaborating on anyone who was him at the time.
Costello said Cohen told him he drew up the payment agreement with Daniels’ lawyers and used a loan to cover it, saying he “wanted to keep this secret, even secret” from his wife.
The disgraced ex-lawyer said he paid Daniels personally but was reimbursed by the Trump Organization under the guise of legal expenses, prompting federal prosecutors to say the dough was falsely accounted for."