{"id":56636,"date":"2018-01-13T05:49:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T05:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=56636"},"modified":"2018-01-13T05:49:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T05:49:25","slug":"trump-lawyer-arranged-porn-star-payment-for-her-silence-in-october-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/trump-lawyer-arranged-porn-star-payment-for-her-silence-in-october-2016.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump lawyer arranged porn star payment for her silence in October 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Trump lawyer arranged porn star payment for her silence in October 2016<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">President Donald Trump&#8217;s longtime attorney denied that Trump had a sexual encounter with a porn star after a report by The Wall Street Journal on Friday alleged the lawyer helped facilitate a six-figure payment to the actress in October 2016 in exchange for her silence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Michael Cohen, Trump&#8217;s personal attorney, said the President &#8220;vehemently denies&#8221; the encounter, but did not address the alleged payment in a statement to CNN.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The story, which cites people familiar with the matter, says Cohen arranged a $130,000 payment to Stephanie Clifford &#8212; whose stage name is &#8220;Stormy Daniels&#8221; &#8212; a month ahead of the election. Cohen denies the sexual encounter took place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">CNN has not independently confirmed The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s reporting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;These rumors have circulated time and again since 2011,&#8221; Cohen said in a statement to CNN. &#8220;President Trump once again vehemently denies any such occurrence as has Ms. Daniels.&#8221; Cohen, once one of Trump&#8217;s most trusted aides, is no longer in regular contact with Trump &#8212; a distance forced by the Russia investigations, in which Cohen has been entangled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A White House official said in a statement: &#8220;These are old, recycled reports, which were published and strongly denied prior to the election.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Wall Street Journal reported that Daniels&#8217; alleged encounter with Trump took place in July 2006 after a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In a statement provided by Cohen from Daniels, she also calls the article &#8220;absolutely false.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;My involvement with Donald Trump was limited to a few public appearances and nothing more,&#8221; she wrote in a statement, dated January 10. &#8220;When I met Donald Trump, he was gracious, professional and a complete gentleman to me and EVERYONE in my presence. Rumors that I have received hush money from Donald Trump are completely false. If indeed I did have a relationship with Donald Trump, trust me, you wouldn&#8217;t be reading about in the news, you would be reading about it in my book. But the fact of the matter is, these stories are not true.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">CNN asked Cohen, who had provided Daniels&#8217; statement, for her contact information, but he did not respond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Two sources at ABC News told CNN that Daniels was in touch with producers at ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; in the fall of 2016 about a potential interview and was prepared to discuss Trump. 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