d AT&T had made four separate payments of $50,000 apiece to Cohen's company, for a total of $200,000 in late 2017 and into early 2018. That company, Essential Consultants, was created by Cohen in October 2016 and soon after was used to make a $130,000 hush-money payment to Daniels. In a prepared statement to CNBC, AT&

appear, a practice that was previously lucrative. Essential Consultants LLC, a company affiliated with Cohen, was paid $250,0