Stormy Daniels & Donald Trump Affair Allegations

In October 2016, shortly before the presidential election, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money to deny that she had an affair with Trump a decade earlier in 2006.

Trump’s spokesperson has denied the affair and accused Daniels of lying. On behalf of his client, Cohen denied the existence of an affair between Trump and Daniels, but he later stated: “In a private transaction in 2016, I used my own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms Stephanie Clifford”.

On March 25, 2018, interview with 60 Minutes, Daniels said that she and Trump had sex once and that later she had been threatened in front of her infant daughter and felt pressured to later sign a non-disclosure agreement.

In August 2018, Cohen reached a plea deal with prosecutors, saying he paid off Daniels “at the direction of the…candidate” and “for the principal purpose of influencing the election”.

In September 2018, Cohen offered to invalidate the non-disclosure agreement with Daniels if she would refund the $130,000 Cohen’s company paid her.