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 isnt known whether Mr. Trump was aware of any agreement or payment involving her.
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Squirrel!
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.
Sounds like he’s in a large club. So what?
What the HELL has happened to the WSJ?
They are now little better than the National Enquirer and other gossip rags.
WSJ is a sh*t hole.
Yeah, it was JFK’s sex-capades that took down his presidency. Oh, wait, never mind.
Stormy Daniels responds: Rumors that I have received hush money from Donald Trump are completely false.
Was she wearing a blue dress?
Stormy Daniels.
And Clinton’s - the left never forgave him.
Fake news. Disposed of long ago.
WSJ.
They are not going to stop.
They being GOPe and Dems.
Irrefutable evidence! < /s >
Stormy gets a little MORE free advertising.
"...Wall Street Journal..."
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.
WSJ and their big money readers love and adore The Cheap Labor Express. Trump, not much.
Funny...
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