https://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-paid-trump-lawyer-for-insights-on-new-administration-stormy-daniels/

AT&T paid Michael Cohen's private firm $200,000 to better understand President Donald Trump. 

The revelation emerged from an executive summary shared on Twitter by Michael Avenatti, who is representing former porn star Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. According to the document, AT&T made four payments of $50,000 each between Oct. 3 of last year and Jan. 3 to Essential Consultants, a Delaware firm that was reportedly created in October 2016 ahead of the US presidential election to pay Clifford. Cohen is Trump's longtime personal lawyer.