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FOR A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR company, Essential Consultants has a light footprint.
對于一家資產數百萬美元的公司來說，“必要咨詢”留下的腳印似乎輕了些。
It has no website, no board and no employees.
它既沒有網站，也沒有董事會，甚至連員工也沒有。
Cohen, the sole owner of the firm, legally established it in mid-October 2016,
科恩，該公司的唯一所有者，于2016年10月中旬通過合法途徑成立了這家公司，
about a week after the Access Hollywood tape that captured Trump bragging about grabbing women’s genitals upended the presidential race.
距離《通往好萊塢》錄像捕捉到特朗普吹噓自己抓著女性生殖器這一事件將他的競選搞得雞飛狗跳才一周左右。
About 10 days later, Cohen allegedly used the company to make the $130,000 payment to Daniels, through her then lawyer Keith Davidson
該公司成立大約10天后，據傳，科恩就利用該公司，經丹尼爾斯當時的律師基思·戴維森向她支付了13萬美元的封口費，
in an effort to keep her from talking about the affair she says she had with Trump in 2006, shortly before the birth of Trump’s son Barron.
讓她不要再傳她曾在2006年，也就是特朗普的兒子巴倫出生前不久，和特朗普有過戀情這件事。
That was just the beginning.
然而，這還僅僅是個開始。
Cohen received or disbursed at least $4.4 million between late 2016 and into this year.
2016年末至今年期間，科恩在至少收到或支出了440萬美元的資金。
Some of the largest payments to Essential Consultants came from companies
其中，“必要咨詢”收到的幾筆金額最大的資金
that appeared to have tangible financial interests pending before the U.S. government at the time.
都是從似有實實在在的經濟利益擺在當時的政府面前的公司那里獲得的。
In 2017, for example, AT&T stood to gain enormously if the Justice Department approved its proposed merger with Time Warner.
例如，2017年時，如果司法部批準了AT&T提出的與時代華納合并的提案，AT&T就可能獲得巨大的好處。
Avenatti contends that AT&T began a series of payments to Essential Consultants in October, which totaled $200,000 by January 2018.
阿文納蒂聲稱，AT&T從去年10月開始到2018年1月，前后支付了“必要咨詢”20萬美元的資金。
In a May 8 statement, AT&T said it had hired Cohen “to provide insights into understanding the new Administration .”
在5月8日的一份聲明中，AT&T表示，那些錢他們用在了聘請科恩“幫助他們了解新政府”上。
Another major payment to Cohen’s company arrived in November 2017 from Korea Aerospace Industries.
科恩公司收到的另外一筆大額款項是2017年11月韓國航空工業公司注入的。
The aircraft manufacturer is bidding for a multibillion-dollar contract to provide trainer jets for the Air Force, alongside American defense contractor Lockheed Martin.
目前，這家飛機制造商正在和美國國防承包商洛克希德·馬丁公司一起競標一份價值數十億美元，為美國空軍提供訓練機的合同。
Korea Aerospace paid Essential Consultants $150,000 for what it says was advice on accounting standards on production costs—
韓國航空公司向“必要咨詢”支付了15萬美元，聲稱是為了請他提供生產成本的會計準則方面的建議——
an area of expertise that appears outside Cohen’s bailiwick.
這是一個并不在科恩能力范圍之內的專業領域。
Swiss pharma giant Novartis also has a particular set of interests in the workings of the new U.S. Administration.
瑞士制藥巨頭“諾華”對美國新政府的運作也有著格外濃厚的興趣。
In March 2017, a court ordered the company to turn over records
2017年3月，一家法院就曾下令該公司提交
related to a long-running federal investigation into alleged kickbacks and bribes paid to U.S. doctors.
與聯邦政府長期以來一直在調查的，該公司涉嫌向美國醫生支付回扣和賄賂的指控有關的各項文件。
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