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Stormy Daniels Offers to Return Payment to End Deal for Her Silence
New York Times ^ | 03/12/2018 | By JIM RUTENBERG

Posted on 03/12/2018 11:25:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with President Trump offered on Monday to return $130,000 she received from Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer in 2016 for agreeing not to discuss the alleged relationship.

In exchange, the actress, Stephanie Clifford, seeks an end to her deal to keep quiet about what she says was an affair with Mr. Trump that started in 2006 and lasted for several months.

In the letter, which was sent to Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, early Monday, Ms. Clifford’s lawyer, Michael Avenatti, wrote that Ms. Clifford would wire the money into an account of Mr. Trump’s choosing by Friday.

Mr. Avenatti set a deadline of noon Tuesday for Mr. Cohen to answer the offer from Ms. Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels.

Under the terms of the deal detailed in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, the contract ensuring Ms. Clifford’s silence would be “deemed null and void’’ once she returned the sum called for in her original contract.

Under Mr. Avenatti’s offer, Ms. Clifford would then be allowed to “(a) speak openly and freely about her prior relationship with the President and the attempts to silence her and (b) use and publish any text messages, photos and/or videos relating to the President that she may have in her possession, all without fear of retribution and/or legal liability for damages.”

The letter also seeks an agreement that neither Mr. Trump nor the shell company that Mr. Cohen used to pay Ms. Clifford, which he represents as a party to their October 2016 deal, would move to block the broadcast of an interview that Ms. Clifford taped with “60 Minutes” last week.

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To: sphinx

I’m pretty sure he wasn’t president when he allegedly had sex with her-something that can’t be said for Bill Clinton. And if a 60-ish multi-millionaire whose younger wife had just given him a son was only willing to pay a paltry $130K to a skank porn star as hush money-it sounds like she came on to him and has/had the rat’s ass over being turned down...


61 posted on 03/12/2018 11:47:06 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: sphinx

“But still, it would be nice to have a president who didn’t need to pay hush money to porn stars.”

Just how do you know that he did? You actually believe the lying, leftist, fake media?

Shame on you.


62 posted on 03/12/2018 11:47:27 AM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Alabama Crimson Tide: College Football National Champions!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is that like performing to a fake orgasm ?


63 posted on 03/12/2018 11:49:41 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: Williams

My thought exactly. So they are sitting on her interview pending her getting out of a contract? LOL! What a dumb broad! If she breaks the contract, then she & CNN could be sued.


64 posted on 03/12/2018 11:49:46 AM PDT by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: goldstategop

“Suck it up, Stormy. It ain’t about you.”

She already did.


65 posted on 03/12/2018 11:49:52 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Nuke the Gay Whales!)
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To: OttawaFreeper

http://www.conservapedia.com/Walter_Duranty

If that’s a reasonably reliable non-Lying leftist cite, then use THAT as the source of the posted article - not the Lying NYT who won 2nd Place in Trump’s 2017 First Annual Fake News Winners AKA Second Biggest Liars of the Lying Leftist Media with TWO entries in the top ten.


66 posted on 03/12/2018 11:49:56 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Bulwyf
Yes, who’s funding her?

She didn't talk to "60 Minutes" for free. She's got to know that what they paid was just a taste of what she can get from "People" and "Inside Edition" and the rest of the tabloid media. Certainly far more than the $130K she got from Cohen.

67 posted on 03/12/2018 11:50:00 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: sphinx

Who says it is true?

Not to mention, maybe we could have had a POTUS like Jeb who didn’t need to pay hush money to porn stars.

Right?


68 posted on 03/12/2018 11:51:16 AM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: GoldenPup

I don’t recall a sIngle claim Trump offed anybody like that. Hitlery and Hubby on the other hand...


69 posted on 03/12/2018 11:52:01 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of The Great King!)
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To: SeekAndFind
seeks an end to her deal to keep quiet

She hasn't been very quiet these past several weeks.

If anyone's interested, she's going to be the main attraction at a Detroit strip club on Wednesday called The Truth. It's located on 8 mile rd. along with all the other strip joints.......

70 posted on 03/12/2018 11:52:06 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: dforest

And even then his dad was president David cop-a-feel.


71 posted on 03/12/2018 11:53:09 AM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Hehe.

Why is she even bothering to return the money if, as she puts it, there is no contract between Stormy and Trump?

It’s my guess that there IS in fact a binding contract, one in which she is already in breech of.

Will the 60 Minutes even air?

I’m guessing at less than 50% chance.


72 posted on 03/12/2018 11:53:37 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Has it been 15 minutes yet?


73 posted on 03/12/2018 11:54:04 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: dforest

“Not to mention, maybe we could have had a POTUS like Jeb who didn’t need to pay hush money to porn stars.”

The Happy (sleepy) turtle?


74 posted on 03/12/2018 11:54:29 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Nuke the Gay Whales!)
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To: Obadiah

And if she violates the terms of the agreement, trump will own every penny she makes from any book deal, etc.


75 posted on 03/12/2018 11:54:45 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: Williams

My wife and I recently got hooked on an amazon prime show called “Suits”. This very much reminds me of the stuff going on in that show. But this is even more fun.


76 posted on 03/12/2018 11:56:29 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: SeekAndFind

She’s no dummy


77 posted on 03/12/2018 11:56:47 AM PDT by onona (Bull - my rights are sacrosanct.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It is a veritable whore rebellion, run for your lives.


78 posted on 03/12/2018 11:56:55 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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To: Vermont Lt

Sounds like the lawyer needs to retake Contracts


79 posted on 03/12/2018 11:59:01 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Hey brainwashed students . . . where's your "outrage" @FBI? @BrowardSheriff? DO SOMETHING!!)
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To: SeekAndFind
broadcast of an interview that Ms. Clifford taped with “60 Minutes” last week.

Sounds like she already violated the contract.

80 posted on 03/12/2018 11:59:03 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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