Stormy Weather to tell her side of the story

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Washington (AFP) - The American porn star who claims to have had an affair with Donald Trump before he became president now feels free to tell her story, her manager said Wednesday.

After Trump's longtime personal lawyer admitted paying $130,000 to Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election, the actress's manager suggested a non-disclosure agreement had been broken.

"Everything is off now, and Stormy is going to tell her story," manager Gina Rodriguez told US media.

Trump's aide and special counsel Michael Cohen has refused to say why he paid Daniels the vast sum but was not, as he claims, reimbursed by the "Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign."

Trump declined to comment on the issue. The White House has dodged questions about whether allegations of an affair are true, claiming the matter was dealt with during the campaign.

It has also referred any questions about the payment to Cohen.

Vice President Mike Pence described suggestions of an affair as "the latest baseless allegations against the president."

Last month, celebrity magazine In Touch published a 2011 interview with Daniels -- whose real name is Stephanie Clifford -- in which she details having "textbook generic" sex with Trump.

She recalled meeting Trump at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006, shortly after the president's wife Melania Trump gave birth to their son Barron.

Since the alleged signing of a confidentiality agreement, Daniels has denied the affair took place and then appeared to deny making the denial.

The allegations bubbled away before the election but have resurfaced because of a legal case that claims Cohen's payment may have broken campaign finance laws.

The lawyer said he did nothing wrong.

"The payment to Ms Clifford was lawful, and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone," Cohen said.

He declined to say whether Trump was aware of the payment.

Watchdog group Common Cause launched the legal action, saying they have "reason to believe" that money was "an unreported in-kind expenditure... because the funds were paid for the purpose of influencing the 2016 presidential general."

The alleged violation of federal campaign finance law "undermines the integrity of democracy in the United States," a letter signed by Paul Ryan of Common Cause reads.

- 'Make America Horny Again' -

Daniels has been taking advantage of her newfound notoriety.

Last month, she appeared at the Trophy Club strip club in South Carolina as part of a "Make America Horny Again" tour -- a tongue-in-cheek reference to Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan -- that will also reportedly take her to several other states over the next few months.

In a recent appearance on the late night TV talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" -- right after Trump delivered his State of the Union address -- Daniels deflected questions about the alleged affair and whether she had signed a non-disclosure agreement.

"You can't say whether you have a non-disclosure agreement. But if you didn't have a non-disclosure agreement, you most certainly could say, 'I don't have a non-disclosure agreement.' Yes?" Kimmel asked.

"You're so smart, Jimmy," Daniels answered.

Later in the interview, Kimmel asked, "Have you ever made love to someone whose name rhymes with Lonald Lump?"

"I'll call you whatever you want me to call you, baby," Daniels responded.

[TheButcher]

This is going to be big

[AlexO]

Mo' money to be made by here. The site, a tell all book, tv interviews, magazine deals, man she hit the gold.

[badkitty]

She's a sexy woman

[24alex]

well this story never got that big, if it had been Obama and some lurid affair they would be talking about it for ever

[TheButcher]

Look here is my point, I said it when then President Clinton was being hounded for having an extra-marital affair with Monica Lewinsky the intern. I'll say it again for President Trump. People worry and make it a big deal who has an affair with another person. Presidents are human beings too, what they do in their private lives regarding consensual sex is no one's business.

It might be a problem for them and their spouse, the other "women" but nothing to do with how they govern the country in their capacity as President.

Okay let's say he had an affair with Stormy Daniels, so what. That was before he became president, and should not be any concern of the average American today. All these salacious and sex stories are mostly politically motivated.Not saying either of these two were just to cover my ass legally but come on.

So know Stormy wants to return the $130,000 she supposedly got for the NDA and tell her story. Come on it's not important, there are bigger and more important issues for the country, American people and the world. Like North Korea for example. Let this go.


Here's an article I just saw online that made me want to say my 2 cents on this.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/let-speak-st ... 12391.html

Let me speak! Stormy Daniels offers to return $130,000
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Porn star Stormy Daniels is offering to return the $130,000 she received in exchange for not speaking about her alleged 2006-7 affair with Donald Trump (AFP Photo/Ethan Miller)

Washington (AFP) - Porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had a sexual relationship with Donald Trump over a decade ago, offered on Monday to return the $130,000 she received in exchange for agreeing not to discuss the affair, The New York Times reported.

The newspaper said the offer to return the money was made in a letter from Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, to Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Avenatti filed a lawsuit on behalf of Daniels last week seeking to toss out the confidential settlement she signed just days before the November 2016 election.

The lawsuit alleges that Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, began an "intimate relationship" with Trump in the summer of 2006 and that it continued well into 2007.

In Monday's letter, Avenatti said that once Daniels returned the money the "hush agreement" would be deemed "null and void" and she could "speak openly and freely about her prior relationship with the President and the attempts to silence her."

Daniels would also be allowed to "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 legal liability for damages," it said.

Avenatti said Daniels would wire the money into an account of Trump's choosing by Friday, the Times said.

Cohen, Trump's lawyer, was given until noon (1600 GMT) Tuesday to respond.

Avenatti said last week that Daniels "believes it's important that the public learn the truth about what happened.

"I think it's time for her to tell her story and for the public to decide who's telling the truth," he said.

Asked about the allegations last week, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders noted that Trump has denied them. "The president has denied the allegations against him," Sanders said.

As part of the lawsuit filed with a California court seeking to declare the non-disclosure agreement null and void, Avenatti released a copy of the settlement.

It shows that Daniels received a $130,000 payment from a company known as Essential Consultants LLC in return for her silence.

Using the pseudonyms Peggy Peterson and David Dennison, Daniels and Trump were to sign the agreement, along with Essential Consultants.

But Trump never signed it, providing the basis for Avenatti's attempt to have it thrown out and release Daniels from her obligations.

The watchdog group Common Cause filed a federal complaint in January arguing that the payout to Daniels may have violated campaign finance rules.