Porn actress who claims to have had an affair with Trump threatens to speak out
Stormy Daniels, paid according to the American press to remain silent about a sexual relationship with the American president, considers herself released from the confidentiality agreement ...
The pornographic actress who claimed to have had sex with Donald Trump in 2006 threatened to make a press disclosure on Wednesday, saying the president's lawyer had de facto released her from a confidentiality agreement.
A representative for Stormy Daniels has told several publications that her client no longer feels constrained by such an agreement, as its existence has been confirmed by counsel to President Michael Cohen. "Stormy is going to tell her story," she said.
It all started on January 12, when the Wall Street Journal claimed Stephanie Clifford, 38, known as Stormy Daniels in the porn industry, was paid to remain silent about having sex with Donald Trump while he was married to the current First Lady, Melania. This relationship would have taken place in 2006, four months after the birth of their son Barron.
Did Trump break campaign finance law?
The White House had denied the claims, dubbed "old recycled information, which was published and vehemently denied ahead of the election." The case seemed to have taken a back seat when, to everyone's surprise, Donald Trump's personal lawyer confirmed on Wednesday evening that an agreement with the actress had indeed been reached but that he had honored it with his own funds. .
"Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to this transaction with Mrs. Clifford, and neither has reimbursed me this payment, directly or indirectly," said the lawyer. Michael Cohen was responding to a complaint filed by Common Cause, an association for monitoring good electoral practices, arguing that Donald Trump may have violated campaign finance law.
These questions "must have answers, and under oath"
The money, paid a month before the 2016 presidential election, should have been included in the Republican candidate's campaign accounts "because the funds were used to influence" the poll, according to Common Cause.
The payment "was not a contribution to (Trump's) campaign or a campaign expense by anyone," he said, without specifying the reasons for the payment.
But the explanation did not satisfy Common Cause. "The date and circumstances" of the payment "make it appear that the money was paid to Ms. Daniels in an attempt to influence the election," Association official Paul Ryan said in a statement. "Questions about this payment and the circumstances behind it must be answered, and under oath," he added, asking the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department to investigate.
Sex on the sidelines of a posh golf tournament
Since the Wall Street Journal revelations, Stormy Daniels has remained very evasive about the reality of a relationship with Donald Trump. But she had given her side of the story in an interview with In Touch magazine published only in January but carried out in 2011.
According to the Wall Street Journal, she privately confessed to having sex with Donald Trump in July 2006, on the sidelines of a posh golf tournament near Lake Tahoe, a tourist region straddling California and Nevada.
During the race for the White House and since being president, Donald Trump has been accused by several women of harassment or sexual touching dating back years, facts which he has denied outright. However, the alleged facts concerning the porn actress do not involve an element of compulsion.
