R.N.C. Official Who Agreed to Pay Playboy Model $1.6 Million Resigns.

'A major donor with close ties to the White House resigned on Friday as deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee after the revelation that he had agreed to pay $1.6 million to a former Playboy model who became pregnant during an affair.

The deal was arranged by President Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen.

Under the terms of the deal, the Republican donor, Elliott Broidy, would pay the woman in installments over the course of two years, and in return, she would agree to stay silent about their relationship, two people with knowledge of the arrangement told The New York Times. The deal was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

The lawyer for the woman, Keith M. Davidson, also represented two women who were paid during the presidential campaign for their silence about alleged affairs with Mr. Trump — a former Playboy model, Karen McDougal, who sold the rights to her story to American Media Inc., and Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic actress known as Stormy Daniels, who received a payment of $130,000 that Mr. Cohen said came out of his own pocket.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided Mr. Cohen’s Manhattan office and hotel room on Monday seeking business records, emails and documents relating to those two agreements, as well as Mr. Cohen’s work for the Trump Organization and efforts to suppress negative information about the president.

It is unclear whether the F.B.I. has scrutinized Mr. Davidson.

The deal involving Mr. Broidy was not known to be a subject of the investigation.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/us/politics/elliott-broidy-michael-cohen-payout.html?