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DonViejo

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Mon Mar 12, 2018, 10:48 AM Mar 2018

Stormy Daniels Offers to Return Payment to End Deal for Her Silence [View all]

Source: The New York Times




By JIM RUTENBERGMARCH 12, 2018

The pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with President Trump offered on Monday to return $130,000 she received from Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer in 2016 for agreeing not to discuss the alleged relationship.

In exchange, the actress, Stephanie Clifford, seeks an end to her deal to keep quiet about what she says was an affair with Mr. Trump that started in 2006 and lasted for several months.

In the letter, which was sent to Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, early Monday, Ms. Clifford’s lawyer, Michael Avenatti, wrote that Ms. Clifford would wire the money into an account of Mr. Trump’s choosing by Friday.

Mr. Avenatti set a deadline of noon Tuesday for Mr. Cohen to answer the offer from Ms. Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, to answer his offer.



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/business/media/stormy-daniels-donald-trump.html

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Interesting that they propose "an account of Trump's choosing" Hav Mar 2018 #1
Wow...I was worried that Cohen would lose his house - so generous of Stormy! Sancho Mar 2018 #2
tRump should eagerly agree, since he's already stated there was no affair. ffr Mar 2018 #3
Win/win keithbvadu2 Mar 2018 #9
Word is that the $130K was illegally paid out of campaign funds which is violation of federal iluvtennis Mar 2018 #4
Smart Bayard Mar 2018 #5
Are you kidding? DeminPennswoods Mar 2018 #6
Even if he says no, he'd be admitting to the affair. Orsino Mar 2018 #11
My friends, this is what we call a "Lose/Lose". For Trump, of course. Rainbow Droid Mar 2018 #7
Yes and it's good that his lawyers are so stupid also FakeNoose Mar 2018 #12
Adds more and more credibility Maxheader Mar 2018 #8
Wait bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #10
She took the money and has acted as if the agreement was in effect Calista241 Mar 2018 #13
I still want to see her argue... moriah Mar 2018 #16
Shell have to prove where the funds came from. Calista241 Mar 2018 #19
If you read the agreement (available in many places online)... SeattleVet Mar 2018 #18
But if Dumpster goes after her for violating the agreement, he admits to the affair gyroscope Mar 2018 #20
No, she could still offer to give the money back... moriah Mar 2018 #14
This is why I'm not a lawyer bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #15
The best part? All this back and forth.... machoneman Mar 2018 #17
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