[RoosterRedux]

Not blackmail because there is nothing to reveal. Trump didn't have an affair with Stormy Daniels. He is a germophobe and she is a germy slut.

This is extortion using the threat of spreading a lie to inflict pain.

[Observator]

Trump didn't have an affair with Stormy Daniels. He is a germophobe and she is a germy slut.

Yes, I have also seen this conclusively proven on the Internet with postings of President Trump's flight logs on the weekend Stormy claims they were together.

President Trump paid off a grifter, bottom line, as he probably has many times before. This happens to famous men. They do it to protect their families, the politics angle is just to "get Trump". For his exertions, all President Trump got from this situation was Virtue Damaged.

[Mr. K]

Since nothing actually happened with Daniels, I believe this was a setup by Cohen and Daniels to extort Trump for a quick $100K during his election.

This type of scheme was made public by David Lettermen. A lawyer contacted him about a book or movie they were about to make, that exposed an affair he had with a staffer, and offered him a change to ‘buy the rights’ before they began.

Lettermen did the best thing- he publicly admitted the affair (no one cared) and had them arrested for extortion.

I believe Cohen was trying a Similar thing: “Hey Mr. Trump, I know you are in the middle of a campaign, so it would be just awful if this story about an affair came out- you know the media would love to cover it... I did you a favor and paid her off, now please reimburse me $100K”