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Trump Lawyer Arranged $130,000 Payment for Adult-Film Star’s Silence
Wall Street Journal ^ | 01/12/2018

Posted on 01/12/2018 1:09:02 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

A lawyer for President Donald Trump arranged a $130,000 payment to a former adult-film star a month before the 2016 election as part of an agreement that precluded her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.

Michael Cohen, who spent nearly a decade as a top attorney at the Trump Organization, arranged payment to the woman, Stephanie Clifford, in October 2016 after her lawyer negotiated the nondisclosure agreement with Mr. Cohen, these people said.

Ms. Clifford, whose stage name is Stormy Daniels, has privately alleged the encounter with Mr. Trump took place after they met at a July 2006 celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, these people said. Mr. Trump married Melania Trump in 2005.

Mr. Trump faced other allegations during his campaign of inappropriate behavior with women, and vehemently denied them. In this matter, there is no allegation of a nonconsensual interaction.

“These are old, recycled reports, which were published and strongly denied prior to the election,” a White House official said, responding to the allegation of a sexual encounter involving Mr. Trump and Ms. Clifford. The official declined to respond to questions about an agreement with Ms. Clifford. It isn’t known whether Mr. Trump was aware of any agreement or payment involving her.

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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: fakemedia; fakenews; pornstar; sexscandals; tds; trump; trumpaccuser
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1 posted on 01/12/2018 1:09:02 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Squirrel!


2 posted on 01/12/2018 1:10:59 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Also FTA....
Mr. Cohen added in the statement, addressed to The Wall Street Journal: “This is now the second time that you are raising outlandish allegations against my client. You have attempted to perpetuate this false narrative for over a year; a narrative that has been consistently denied by all parties since at least 2011.”

3 posted on 01/12/2018 1:11:08 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (R2: Proudly intruding since 1958)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Sounds like he’s in a large club. So what?


4 posted on 01/12/2018 1:12:07 PM PST by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: Responsibility2nd

What the HELL has happened to the WSJ?

They are now little better than the National Enquirer and other gossip rags.


5 posted on 01/12/2018 1:12:37 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (R2: Proudly intruding since 1958)
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WSJ is a sh*t hole.


6 posted on 01/12/2018 1:13:25 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yeah, it was JFK’s sex-capades that took down his presidency. Oh, wait, never mind.


8 posted on 01/12/2018 1:13:55 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Responsibility2nd

Stormy Daniels responds: “Rumors that I have received hush money from Donald Trump are completely false.”


9 posted on 01/12/2018 1:14:36 PM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Was she wearing a blue dress?


10 posted on 01/12/2018 1:14:57 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Stormy Daniels.

11 posted on 01/12/2018 1:15:02 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: bgill

And Clinton’s - the left never forgave him.


12 posted on 01/12/2018 1:15:29 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: Responsibility2nd

Fake news. Disposed of long ago.


13 posted on 01/12/2018 1:15:54 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Responsibility2nd

WSJ.

They are not going to stop.

They being GOPe and Dems.


14 posted on 01/12/2018 1:16:57 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Responsibility2nd
according to people familiar with the matter.

Irrefutable evidence! < /s >

15 posted on 01/12/2018 1:16:58 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Stormy gets a little MORE free advertising.


16 posted on 01/12/2018 1:17:27 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: jospehm20; Responsibility2nd

"...Wall Street Journal..."


Have been a print subscriber since the 1980s and very seriously considering dropping them.
They used to be non-sensationalistic and “right down the middle” with their reportage. They have become tiresome.


17 posted on 01/12/2018 1:17:59 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Must be a slow news day. Maybe WSJ realized people do agree with Trump’s assessment of places like Haiti and are now looking for something new, or in this case old, to try and stir people up over. Yawn.


18 posted on 01/12/2018 1:18:09 PM PST by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

WSJ and their big money readers love and adore The Cheap Labor Express. Trump, not much.


19 posted on 01/12/2018 1:18:36 PM PST by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: jospehm20

Funny...


20 posted on 01/12/2018 1:18:49 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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