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Cohen Seeks to Gag Avenatti

June 15, 2018 at 6:54 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Attorney Michael Avenatti’s months-long publicity tour attacking President Trump and Trump attorney Michael Cohen could be brought to an abrupt end soon if a federal judge agrees to a new request for a gag order against the ubiquitous Avenatti,” Politico reports.

“A lawyer for Cohen, Brent Blakely, asked a judge in Los Angeles Thursday to issue an order barring Avenatti from making public statements about the lawsuit Avenatti’s client, porn star Stormy Daniels, filed against Trump and Cohen in March… Blakely said an avalanche of inflammatory public comments by Avenatti—including at least 121 TV appearances and 439 tweets—is tainting the court proceeding.”

Filed Under: Celebrities Tagged With: Michael Avenatti, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels

Porn Star Says Her Lawyer Was ‘Puppet’ for Trump

June 6, 2018 at 2:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Stormy Daniels says in a new lawsuit that her former attorney betrayed her and became a “puppet” for President Trump and his personal lawyer while still representing her, NBC News reports.

The filing alleges that lawyer Keith Davidson “hatched a plan” and “colluded” with Trump attorney Michael Cohen to get the adult film actress to go on Fox News a few months ago and falsely deny she had an affair with Trump a decade ago.

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

Graham Says Stormy Daniels Is ‘Nobody’s Business’

May 5, 2018 at 7:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Evangelist Franklin Graham told the Associated Press that the whole Stormy Daniels scandal was “nobody’s business.”

He added: “This stuff happened 12 years ago. This isn’t behavior that has taken place since he’s been president. These things happened long before he became president. That doesn’t make it right. And I don’t defend those kinds of relationships he had. But the country knew the kind of person he was back then, and they still made the decision to make him the president of the United States.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Franklin Graham, Stormy Daniels


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Trump Undercuts Giuliani on Payments to Porn Star

May 4, 2018 at 11:40 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump “undercut his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and said the former New York mayor will eventually get the facts right regarding a payment to a pornographic actress who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump,” the New York Times reports.

Trump said that everything “has been said incorrectly,” blaming the media coverage and Mr. Giuliani’s short time on the job.

He added that Giuliani, who joined Trump’s legal team last month, “started a day ago” but will “get his facts straight.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Rudy Giuliani, Stormy Daniels

Giuliani Says Trump Only Recently Knew He Paid Cohen

May 4, 2018 at 8:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rudy Giuliani told NBC News that President Trump “only recently found out that he reimbursed his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 nondisclosure agreement with adult performer Stormy Daniels just days before the 2016 election.”

Said Giuliani: “I don’t think the president realized he paid him back for that specific thing until we made him aware of the paperwork.”

Giuliani said the president responded: “Oh my goodness, I guess that’s what it was for.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels

Stormy Daniels Files Defamation Suit Against Trump

April 30, 2018 at 2:12 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a defamation suit against President Trump for a tweet that said a forensic sketch of a man who allegedly threatened her in 2011 was “a total con job,” NBC News reports.

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

Court Grants 90-Day Delay In Stormy Daniels’ Lawsuit

April 27, 2018 at 5:59 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A federal judge ruled that a lawsuit filed by Stormy Daniels over an alleged “hush money” deal with President Trump and his attorney Michael Cohen will be put on hold for three months because of a criminal investigation Cohen is facing, Politico reports.

The judge said it appeared “likely” that Cohen would be indicted in connection with the ongoing investigation.

Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for Daniels, responded in a tweet: “Justice delayed is justice denied.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

Trump Says Cohen Worked for Him on Stormy Daniels Deal

April 26, 2018 at 9:49 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump admitted in a Fox News interview that Michael Cohen did legal work on his behalf to reach a non-disclosure agreement with Stormy Daniels, The Hill reports.

Said Trump: “Like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal, he represented me and you know, from what I see, he did absolutely nothing wrong.”

Trump previously said he had no knowledge of the payment Cohen made as part of the agreement.

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels

Cohen Will Plead Fifth In Stormy Daniels Lawsuit

April 25, 2018 at 6:56 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, plans to assert his Fifth Amendment rights in the lawsuit filed against him by adult film star Stormy Daniels, The Hill reports.

“Cohen said the FBI raids earlier this month on his residence, office and hotel room — and the ongoing criminal probe they represent — are behind the decision not to offer testimony in the California lawsuit.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels

Porn Star Confirms Stormy Daniels Was Threatened

April 23, 2018 at 10:41 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Jessica Drake, an adult-film star who claims she refused a $10,000 offer to have sex with Donald Trump in 2006, told ABC News that Stormy Daniels told her Daniels was threatened by someone to stay silent about Daniels’ alleged sexual tryst with Trump.

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

Why Stormy Daniels Poses a Problem for Democrats

April 19, 2018 at 11:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ron Brownstein: “Trump has forged a powerful connection with many working-class whites by expressing their anxiety about cultural, demographic, and economic change. If there’s an opening for Democrats among these Americans, it’s through discrediting Trump’s argument that he’s championing working-class interests against powerful elites. For Democrats, the key is building a case that Trump, for all his posturing as a working-class hero, has increased economic insecurity for average families. They could do so by highlighting his attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, along with his support for a tax plan that mostly benefited the wealthy and corporations and will eventually increase pressure to cut Social Security and Medicare.”

“Those arguments, however, now rarely break through the tabloid maelstrom constantly engulfing Trump. Yet, as in 2016, personal doubts about the president may not prove disqualifying for enough voters to provide Democrats a winning majority.”

“The election results in November are much more likely to turn on which side wins the arguments over those policies than on whether slightly more or fewer Americans than today consider Trump unfit for the presidency. In other words: For a sunny outcome this fall, Democrats probably need more health care and taxes—and less Comey and Stormy.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign, White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

Trump Mocks Sketch Released by Stormy Daniels

April 18, 2018 at 8:05 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump tweeted “about a sketch of a man who a pornographic actress claims threatened her years ago on behalf of Mr. Trump. It was just the second time the president weighed in on the subject after weeks of frenzied news media coverage,” the New York Times reports.

“The president mocked the sketch, which the pornographic actress, Stephanie Clifford (known as Stormy Daniels) released on Tuesday. His tweet accompanied a post from another Twitter user, who said the man looked like Ms. Clifford’s former husband.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

Stormy Daniels Will Be at Cohen’s Court Hearing

April 15, 2018 at 10:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Attorney Michael Avenatti told CNN that his client, Stormy Daniels, will attend Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s court hearing on Monday at 2 p.m. in New York.

Avenatti also claimed that the men Cohen was seen smoking cigars with outside of a courthouse on Friday afternoon had ties to the Russian government.

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

Trump, Cohen Seek Pause of Stormy Daniels Lawsuit

April 12, 2018 at 7:26 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump and his personal attorney Michael Cohen “will be filing an application on Friday to pause the Stormy Daniels lawsuit,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

“The case appeared to be headed towards arguments about whether it should be arbitrated, but thanks to a stunning FBI raid on Cohen’s office and residence earlier this week, the lawsuit is now taking an abrupt turn.”

In a filing in California federal court today, the parties told the judge that the application to stay the case will be made “on the grounds that an ongoing criminal investigation overlaps with the facts of this case, and implicates Defendant Michael Cohen’s Fifth Amendment rights.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

Stormy Daniels Cooperating with Federal Investigators

April 10, 2018 at 5:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Stormy Daniels is cooperating with federal investigators probing the 2016 non-disclosure agreement and $130,000 payment she received from President Trump’s longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, NBC News reports.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports federal prosecutors asked the Trump Organization for records relating to the $130,000 payment as well. The request came in connection with yesterday’s FBI raids on Cohen’s home and office.

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Says Big Announcement Coming

April 7, 2018 at 9:32 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti said that he has a “major announcement” about a person who allegedly threatened Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged affair with President Trump, The Hill reports.

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

Trump Says He Didn’t Know Stormy Daniels Was Paid Off

April 5, 2018 at 5:17 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump said that “he did not know that his personal attorney paid adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 days before the presidential election to prevent her from publicly accusing Trump of having an affair,” the Washington Post reports.

“The president said he did not know where his attorney, Michael Cohen, got the money for the payment, and he declined to say if he ever set up a fund for Cohen to cover expenses like that.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

Judge Denies Stormy Daniels Attempt to Expedite Case

March 29, 2018 at 2:23 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A federal judge on Thursday denied a request from Stormy Daniels, who says she was paid to remain silent about an affair with President Trump, to expedite a jury trial in her lawsuit against the president,” the Washington Post reports.

“The request for an expedited jury trial and limited discovery — including a deposition of Trump and his personal attorney, Michael Cohen — was deemed ‘premature and must be denied’ because some questions may wind up being answered by a future petition from Trump and Cohen… The ruling is a temporary setback for Daniels’s case and comes as it is unclear how the high-profile lawsuit will proceed.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Stormy Daniels

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