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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

It's Thursday, May 10th.

I'm Dorothy Wiccenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

This week, Michael Avanotti, the lawyer for Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels,

once again stole the political spotlight from President Trump.

On Tuesday, Avanadi posted a document online showing that Michael Cohen, Trump's personal

lawyer and fixer, set up a shell company a month before the 2016 election that has since

taken in almost $4.4 million. Last year, that company received half a million dollars from a firm associated

with a Russian oligarch and hundreds of thousands more from corporations seeking access to the

Trump administration. Cohen used his shell company, among other things, to pay hush money to

Stormy Daniels to remain silent about her alleged

affair with Trump.

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