A newly released search warrant application shows President Donald Trump was in close contact with Michael Cohen as the attorney was arranging a hush money payment to a porn star who was claiming to have had an affair with the then-candidate.

The document, signed by an unidentified FBI agent, details an October 2016 call between Cohen and Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks. At some point, Trump was connected into that call.

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