Far-right news network OAN retracts article about Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels
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One America News Network retracted an article Monday that said former President Donald Trump's onetime attorney Michael Cohen had an affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels. The March 27 article from the conservative news outlet quoted a post on X from a user who falsely claimed to have obtained information in 2018 from Daniels' then-attorney, Michael Avenatti. Citing Avenatti, the post claimed that Cohen and Daniels had been having an affair since 2006 and that Cohen "cooked up" the hush...

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