Trump's company approved $420,000 in payments to Cohen, relying on 'sham' invoices, prosecutors say

President Donald Trump's real estate company authorized paying $420,000 to lawyer Michael Cohen in his effort to silence women during the presidential campaign and then relied on "sham" invoices from Cohen that concealed the nature of the payments, according to legal filings released Tuesday.

The payments began flowing in February 2017, soon after Trump…