A lawyer for Donald Trump arranged
to fork over $130,000 in hush money to ex-porn star “Stormy Daniels” a month
before the 2016 election to keep her quiet about an alleged hookup she had with
the married future president, a new report said Friday.
Michael Cohen, an attorney for the
Trump Organization, set up the payment to the woman whose real name is Stephanie Clifford in a
negotiated nondisclosure agreement, The Wall
Street Journal reported Friday.
Clifford alleged that the hookup
took place in July 2006 a year after Trump married his third wife, Melania.
She said they met at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.
The White House minimized the
salacious revelation one of many alleged incidents of inappropriate behavior
with women the president has faced and denied.
“These are old, recycled reports,
which were published and strongly denied prior to the election,” a White House
official told the paper.
The official wouldn’t answer
questions about the reported deal with Clifford — who performed in about 150
porn films, including “Dirty Deeds,” “Nymphos” and “Good Will Humping,” an
XXX-rated spoof of the flick “Good Will Hunting.”
Cohen wouldn’t talk about the
$130,000 payment but said in a statement that “President Trump once again
vehemently denies any such occurrence as has Ms. Daniels.”
The president has repeatedly said
that all of the more than a dozen women who’ve accused him of sexual misconduct
or assault are liars.
“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,” Cohen added in his
statement to the Journal.
The paper had
previously reported that Clifford, 38, had huddled with ABC’s “Good
Morning America” in the fall of 2016 about an appearance to discuss Trump,
citing people familiar with the matter.
Cohen also sent a brief statement
“TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN” and signed by “Stormy Daniels” denying that she had a
“sexual and/or romantic affair” with Trump.
“Rumors that I have received hush
money from Donald Trump are completely false,” the statement said.
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