@blablarg18 Cohen was Trump's lawyer on retainer. A retainer is paid for the services, advice, etc. of a lawyer which is typically paid in advance for future unforseen events and not for any specific actions.
Cohen is the one that gave Daniels the money, not Trump. It was Cohen's idea to make the payoff to prevent Daniels from interfering with Trump's 2016 campaign. Cohen has also been convicted of perjury in that matter, and disbarred. The only person who committed a crime is Cohen. Trump did not come up with the idea, Trump didn't order Cohen to do it.
As members of Gaytor.Rent, we should all learn from Trump's problems, and how to avoid them. The lesson learned is to never have sex with a woman.