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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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To: Bobalu

Nice picture—a double armful of wenches and a purple tie.


81 posted on 01/12/2018 3:31:58 PM PST by sciencewriter86
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To: Jaded

“Lets see a show of hands here....”

The furry one is busy.


82 posted on 01/12/2018 3:40:10 PM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: bigbob

If that statement is true (and it appears to be) Donald and Stormy should jointly sue the WSJ. Mz. Daniels could be the new owner of the WSJ and Trump could recover legal expenses plus a percentage.


83 posted on 01/12/2018 3:58:41 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: NorthMountain

Too many tubes of caulk for my liking.


84 posted on 01/12/2018 4:03:09 PM PST by xander (TRUMPing nonsense with common sense)
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To: Blue Jays

During the Obama campaign, I noticed the Chicago Trib moving to the left; and then they actually endorsed barry. My family subscribed to the Trib while I was growing up—they were the conservative paper whereas the Chicago SunTimes was more left leaning. Chicago Trib had never endorsed a dem for president before!

I cancelled...and I had been a subscriber for years and years (even when I did not live in the area). They sent letters begging me and the hundreds of other subscribers to come back. I didn’t.

With the exception of not having coupons, I’ve no regrets.


85 posted on 01/12/2018 4:05:51 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (#KATE'SWALL Build it Now)
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To: Bobalu

At least he’s not a cocaine snorting faggot like OBAMA.


86 posted on 01/12/2018 4:06:08 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Now owned by Murdoch and run by his 2 leftist sons.


87 posted on 01/12/2018 4:10:55 PM PST by entropy12 (30 Million low wealth, low skill LEGAL chain migrants in 25 years is 60 times greater than DACA)
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To: Responsibility2nd

How much did Barack Obama pay to have his gay lovers permanently silenced?


88 posted on 01/12/2018 4:12:21 PM PST by Fedora
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To: DesertRhino

Not likely, since Donald always had access to lots of unvarnished beauty queen aspirants.


89 posted on 01/12/2018 4:15:08 PM PST by entropy12 (30 Million low wealth, low skill LEGAL chain migrants in 25 years is 60 times greater than DACA)
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To: Mouton

Why is heterogeneous sex a bad thing? Are Puritans still around and calling shots? There is a reason God installed testosterone hormone in men and estrogen hormones in women.


90 posted on 01/12/2018 4:20:02 PM PST by entropy12 (30 Million low wealth, low skill LEGAL chain migrants in 25 years is 60 times greater than DACA)
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To: jospehm20; Responsibility2nd

The Wall Street Journal, which under editor Robert Bartley wanted a Constitutional amendment reading:

“There Shall Be Open Borders”

Bartley’s successor Paul Gigot is even worse.

He hates “nationalists” like Donald Trump.

They were once accused of being patriots but were found Not Guilty. The neocon persuasion has been a big influence there for years. Amnesty, mass immigration, socially progressive.


91 posted on 01/12/2018 4:33:00 PM PST by Pelham (all warfare is based on deception)
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To: MinuteGal

I like Investor’s Daily much better than WSJ.


92 posted on 01/12/2018 4:36:37 PM PST by entropy12 (30 Million low wealth, low skill LEGAL chain migrants in 25 years is 60 times greater than DACA)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Why do we accept news reports from shithole sources?

*oops does that make me a racess bigot?


93 posted on 01/12/2018 5:21:43 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well of course he did...At this point I couldn’t care less whether he did or didn’t...What’s the scoop going to be next week???


94 posted on 01/12/2018 8:13:25 PM PST by Iscool
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To: jospehm20
WSJ is a sh*t hole.

Deport them all and don't let them back in......

95 posted on 01/13/2018 3:38:59 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone? I think Trump may give it back...)
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To: 9YearLurker

Proving Russian collusion hasn’t panned out. A clean bill of health from his doctor. Wolff’s book exposed. So it’s back to racism and women. Meanwhile, the stock market is surging towards 26k after hitting 25k last week.


96 posted on 01/13/2018 4:04:45 AM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: Responsibility2nd; Zuben Elgenubi; bboop; jospehm20; bgill; txhurl; blueunicorn6; Liz; ...

Conservatives CARED when Bill Clinton raped women. We cared when AFTER taking advantage of the young he would have his ‘sluts and nuts’ teams rough them up the victims afterwards to keep them quiet. Rumor is Hillary was part of the ‘team’....

WE DID NOT CARE WHEN BILL CLINTON BOINKED SLUTS, HOLLYWOOD FILTH, OR WOMEN IN THE PRESS WHO WANTED ‘KNEE PADS’... OR PORN ACTORS OR COMMON WHORES.

We also cared about Bill Clinton lying under oath in a sexual harassment case. Because he was lying to hurt a powerless innocent women.

Liberals didn’t give a damn about Clinton raping young women, or using the State Police to escort women to his hotel room (where Clinton would pull down his pants and told them to ‘kiss it’). Nope the so called ‘elites’ didn’t give a damn. Not even about rape.

And now the liberal filth expect us to freak out that maybe one of our people took up with some slut? LOL - gimme a break. Don’t care liberal filth - don’t care one bit.

Wall Street Journal sucks.

I’ll go one step further - I don’t give a damn if Trump paid whores (sex workers according to liberals) to put on a private sex show. Take that ‘intelligence and FBI’ dirty cops - quislings... - if all you ‘intelligence’ types have to offer is peeping and blackmail - go work for the mob. We don’t want you.


97 posted on 01/27/2018 10:45:26 AM PST by GOPJ (Republicans care about Americans. Democrats care about illegals, corrupt elites, and criminals.)
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To: Responsibility2nd; Zuben Elgenubi; bboop; jospehm20; bgill; txhurl; blueunicorn6; Liz; ...
Conservatives CARED when Bill Clinton RAPED women. We don't care about Trump and some porn queen...

We cared when Clinton stuck his 'sluts and nuts' teams on women after he used them - roughing up his victims after wards to keep them quiet. Rumor is Hillary was part of those 'teams'... George Stephanopoulos - the 'objective ABC journalist' would know Hillary's part... or 'not part'... odd how quiet he's been...

CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS DID NOT CARE WHEN BILL CLINTON BOINKED SLUTS, HOLLYWOOD FILTH, OR WOMEN IN THE PRESS WHO WANTED 'KNEE PADS'... OR PORN ACTORS OR COMMON WHORES. That really was between him and the witch.

We cared about Bill Clinton lied under oath in a sexual harassment case. Because he was lying to hurt a powerless innocent women AND he was breaking the law. Liberals did NOT care... they still don't care.

Liberals didn't give a damn about Clinton raping young women, or using State Police to escort women to his hotel room (where Clinton would pull down his pants and tell them to 'kiss it'). Nope the so-called 'elites' didn't give a damn. Not about credible rape charges, not about anything. He was their guy.

And now the liberal filth expect us to freak out that maybe one of our people took up with some slut? LOL - gimme a break. Don't care liberal filth - don't care one bit.

Wall Street Journal sucks.

I'll go one step further: I don't give a damn if Trump paid whores (sex workers according to liberals) to put on a private sex show. Take that 'intelligence and FBI' dirty cops - quislings... - if all you 'intelligence' types have to offer is peeping and blackmail - go work for the mob. We don't want you. Take your filth and peddle it somewhere else.

(spell checked version - sorry)

98 posted on 01/27/2018 11:03:08 AM PST by GOPJ (Republicans care about Americans. Democrats care about illegals, corrupt elites, and criminals.)
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To: bkopto; Cats Pajamas; Pravious; EdnaMode; Blue Jays; Maine Mariner; Seattle Conservative; ...
Conservatives CARED when Bill Clinton RAPED women. We don't care about Trump and some porn queen...

We cared when Clinton stuck his 'sluts and nuts' teams on women after he used them - roughing up his victims after wards to keep them quiet. (Rumor is Hillary was part of those 'teams'... George Stephanopoulos - the 'objective ABC journalist' would know Hillary's part... or 'not part'... odd how quiet he's been...)

BILL CLINTON BOINKED SLUTS, HOLLYWOOD FILTH, AND MSM WOMEN WHO WANTED 'KNEE PADS'... That wasn't what we objected to.. That really was between him and the witch.

We cared about when Clinton RAPED women. When Bill Clinton lied under oath in a sexual harassment case. Liberals did NOT care... they still don't care.

Their 'concern' about Trump is a stunt. Liberals in the press don't care - they want to alienate Trump from is base. That's what's motivating them... nothing more.

Same liberal members of the press didn't give a damn about Clinton raping young women, or using State Police to escort women to his hotel room (where Clinton would pull down his pants and tell them to 'kiss it'). Nope the so-called 'elites' didn't give a damn. Not about credible rape charges, not about anything. He was their guy.

And now the liberal filth expect us to freak out that maybe one of our people took up with some slut? LOL - gimme a break. Don't care liberal filth - don't care one bit.

Wall Street Journal sucks.

I'll go one step further: I don't give a damn if Trump paid whores (sex workers according to liberals) to put on a private sex show. Take that 'intelligence and FBI' dirty cops - quislings... - if all you 'intelligence' types have to offer is peeping and blackmail - go work for the mob. We don't want you. Take your filth and peddle it somewhere else.

(spell checked version - sorry)

99 posted on 01/27/2018 11:20:31 AM PST by GOPJ (Republicans care about Americans. Democrats care about illegals, corrupt elites, and criminals.)
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To: GOPJ


100 posted on 01/27/2018 11:26:13 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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