News report on TV and online claimed Petro Poroshenko had bribed Donald Trump’s lawyer The BBC has agreed to pay substantial libel damages to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko after wrongly claiming that he had been involved in making a secret $400,000 payment to Donald Trump’s lawyer in return for access to the US President.The original story said intermediaries acting on behalf of the Ukrainian President had paid Michael Cohen, then Trump’s lawyer, to ensure that Poroshenko received a lengthy meeting – and not just a photo opportunity – during a visit to the White House in June 2017. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
