OAN Retracts Claim Cohen Had Affair With Stormy, “Cooked Up Hush Money Scheme” To Extort Trump

Posted this afternoon to OAN’s website:

OAN today has retracted its March 27 article entitled “Whistleblower: Avenatti Alleged Cohen­ Daniels Affair Since 2006, Pre-2016 Trump Extortion Plan,” and is taking it down from all sites and removing it from all social media.

This retraction is part of a settlement reached with Michael Cohen. Mr. Avenatti has denied making the allegations. OAN apologizes to Mr. Cohen for any harm the publication may have caused him.

NO PERSON SHOULD RELY ON THE MARCH 27 ARTICLE OR THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN.

The article, quoting a source, falsely claimed that Mr. Cohen and Ms. Daniels “were having an affair since 2006” and that, according to a source, “the whole hush money scheme was cooked up by [Mr. Cohen] to extort the Trump Organization before the 2016 election.” These statements were false. OAN regrets their publication.

Read the full article. There’s more!

NEWS: OAN retracts false report about Cohen having an affair with Stormy Daniels, with apology https://t.co/WuniYlrZeK

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 29, 2024

OAN on Monday retracted a false article that claimed former Trump attorney #MichaelCohen had an affair with Stormy Daniels in 2006 rather than Trump, and that “the whole hush money scheme was cooked up” by Cohen to extort Trump before the 2016 election https://t.co/AMgFneY2eD

— Erik Larson (@eelarson) April 29, 2024