Ewww, what a gross story:
A lawyer for President Donald Trump arranged a $130,000 payment to a former adult-film star a month before the 2016 election as part of an agreement that precluded her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.
Michael Cohen, who spent nearly a decade as a top attorney at the Trump Organization, arranged payment to the woman, Stephanie Clifford, in October 2016 after her lawyer negotiated the nondisclosure agreement with Mr. Cohen, these people said.
Ms. Clifford, whose stage name is Stormy Daniels, has privately alleged the encounter with Mr. Trump took place after they met at a July 2006 celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, these people said. Mr. Trump married Melania Trump in 2005.
The White House issued a denial in response to the tawdry tale, as did Cohen in a statement. But interestingly, Cohen didn’t deny the payment, just the porn star sexy time, which he labeled an “outlandish allegation.”
However, the WSJ article includes a detail that strongly suggests that Trump DID pay Clifford off:
After the agreement, Ms. Clifford’s camp complained the payment wasn’t being made quickly enough and threatened to cancel the deal, some of the people familiar with the matter said.
Yep, that sounds like Trump alright.
You may recall rumors that the National Enquirer paid a Playboy centerfold model $150K for a similar story, which the Trump pal who publishes the Enquirer then declined to run. That woman probably got paid a lot quicker.
This isn’t the worst thing we’ve learned about Trump, not even in the last 24 hours. The hypocritical evangelical assholes who support Trump won’t give a shit. But, as someone pointed out on Twitter, it explains why Melania hates him so much.
What a grotesque shit-stain Trump is. I’m not sure, as a country, that we’ll ever recover from the shame of having such a garish creep in the White House. Fuck everyone who voted for him.
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