周三,前特朗普白宫顾问凯莉安妮·康威会见检察官知情人士告诉美国广播公司新闻,这是曼哈顿地区检察官办公室对川普和所谓的向斯托米·丹尼尔斯支付封口费的刑事调查的一部分。
康威是最近一个会见检察官的证人。其他包括迈克尔·科恩特朗普的一次性修复人和律师谁资助了付款,以及大卫派克,前出版的国家询问者谁帮助安排。
上个月,科恩在地区检察官办公室接受了第15次采访,这是自最近召集的大陪审团开始听取丹尼尔斯与特朗普长期否认的婚外情证据以来的第一次。派克于1月30日出现在大陪审团面前。
在这张2019年6月12日的档案照片中,唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿特区白宫举行的一次会议上,坐在总统顾问凯莉安妮·康威旁边。
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曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格(Alvin Bragg)的一名女发言人拒绝就康威的出现或对特朗普在付款中所扮演角色的调查状态发表评论,这笔钱是在2016年总统竞选的最后时刻向丹尼尔斯支付的,目的是让她对她声称与特朗普的长期否认的婚外情保持沉默。
封口费案件最初被前地方检察官Cy Vance驳回,但在现任DA Bragg的领导下重新启动,其办公室一直在抵御对早些时候不起诉特朗普的决定的批评。
《纽约时报》首先报道了康威的会面。
特朗普否认有不当行为,并认为调查是政治性的,并称布拉格的调查是“政治迫害”。
据美国广播公司新闻网此前报道,曼哈顿地区检察官办公室正在调查特朗普在他的公司偿还科恩给丹尼尔斯的13万美元时,是否参与了伪造商业记录。
Kellyanne Conway meets with Manhattan prosecutors investigating Trump
On Wednesday, former Trump White House adviser Kellyanne Conwaymet with prosecutorsfrom the Manhattan District Attorney’s office as part of their criminal investigation into Trump and the alleged hush payment to Stormy Daniels, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Conway is the latest witness to meet with prosecutors. Others includeMichael Cohen, Trump’s one time fixer and lawyer who funded the payment, and David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer who helped arrange it.
Last month, Cohen gave his 15th interview with the district attorney's office, which was the first since a recently convened grand jury began hearing evidence about Daniels' long-denied affair with Trump. Pecker appeared before the grand jury on Jan. 30.
A spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declined to comment about Conway’s appearance or the status of the investigation into Trump’s role in the payment, that was made to Daniels in the closing moments of the 2016 presidential campaign to keep her quiet about a long-denied affair she alleged she had with Trump.
The hush-money case was initially rejected by former District Attorney Cy Vance, but revived under current DA Bragg, whose office has been fending off criticism of a decision not to charge Trump earlier.
Conway’s meeting was first reported by The New York Times.
Trump has denied wrongdoing and dismissed the investigation as political and has called Bragg's investigation a "witch hunt."
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is probing whether Trump had a hand in falsifying business records when his company reimbursed Cohen the $130,000 he gave to Daniels, ABC News has previously reported according to sources.