Stormy Daniels on 60 Minutes: What She Said About Alleged Trump Affair
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A storm rolled into 60 Minutes on Sunday night, by way of David Dennison Donald Trump’s alleged mistress, adult film star Stormy Daniels. The interview, conducted by Anderson Cooper, had been buzzed about for weeks — but did it actually give the president anything new to worry about?
Daniels — whose real name is Stephanie Clifford — is said to have had an affair with Trump in 2006, just months after his third wife Melania gave birth to their son Barron. The porn star detailed the alleged tryst in a 2011 interview with a sister publication of In Touch Weekly that was not made public until January of this year. The full transcript was released after The Wall Street Journal reported that Daniels was paid hush money by Trump lawyer Michael Cohen in the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election. She says she signed a confidentiality agreement which prevented her from speaking about the affair, but now claims the agreement is invalid because Trump never signed it — hence the sit-down on CBS‘ flagship newsmagazine.
So what exactly did Daniels have to say about her time with Trump and her decision to speak out? Keep reading for the highlights…
* When asked why she felt the need to set the record straight, Daniels said, “I’m not okay with being made out to be a liar, or people thinking that I did this for money… and people are like, ‘Oh, you’re an opportunist. You’re taking advantage of this.’ Yes, I’m getting more job offers now, but tell me one person who would turn down a job offer making more than they’ve been making, doing the same thing that they’ve always done?”
* Daniels maintained that she and Trump only had sex the one time, back in 2006, and it was consensual. She met with him a year later at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles to discuss a potential spot on Celebrity Apprentice. He told her he’d have news for her within a week, but she rejected his advances when he insinuated he wanted to be intimate again, and left. She received a call from him a month later, saying that a deal couldn’t be reached to have her on his reality show.
* Four years later, in May 2011, Daniels was contacted by a sister publication of In Touch Weekly and offered $15,000 to come forward about the affair. Two former employees of the publication told CBS News that the magazine was threatened with a lawsuit by Cohen, and so, the story never ran.
* One month later, Daniels says she was threatened by a man in a Las Vegas parking lot while she was with her daughter: “I was in a parking lot, going to a fitness class with my infant daughter… and a guy walked up… and said to me, ‘Leave Trump alone. Forget the story.’ And then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, ‘That’s a beautiful little girl. It’d be a shame if something happened to her mom.’ And then he was gone.” She says she never went to the police because she “was scared,” but said if she ever saw the man again, she’d know it was him.
* Daniels also confirmed what was already reported: In October 2016, Cohen reached out to her attorney and offered $130,000 in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement, which not only stipulated that she was not allowed to sell her story, but that she had to deny that the affair ever happened. She signed it, knowing full well it was untruthful, saying, “I felt intimidated and… honestly bullied. And I didn’t know what to do. And so I signed it.”
* Daniels was allegedly required to turn over any video images, still images, emails or text messages she had regarding Trump. When Cooper asked Daniels about it, she responded, “I can’t answer that right now… My attorney has recommended that I don’t discuss those things.”
* When asked if she had anything to say to Trump, should the president be watching, she responded, “He knows I’m telling the truth.”
Watch select excerpts below:
“He was like, ‘wow, you are special. You remind me of my daughter.’” —Stormy Daniels says of her conversation with Mr. Trump the night they met. pic.twitter.com/Mj52gSoDbH
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) March 25, 2018
When Donald Trump won the Republican nomination, Daniels says she started getting calls again with offers to tell her story. And she got one offer not to tell her story. Mr. Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen agreed to pay $130K in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement. pic.twitter.com/HB98pik8bj
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) March 25, 2018
Not long after the magazine story was killed, Stormy Daniels says she was threatened by a man who approached her in Las Vegas. “A guy walked up on me and said to me, ‘leave Trump alone. Forget the story.’” pic.twitter.com/JMskKQiYCi
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) March 25, 2018
sounds rushed, maybe they should’ve sorted out all the legal stuff first so she could say everything she wanted to say.
Methinks, she is just looking for a payday, is all. I have read that traffic at Pornhub in relation to her. Has gone up dramatically.
When women accused Bill Clinton, we were told that it was no big deal and wasn’t our business as it was only sex. Including Jones and Broderick, who accused him of attempted rape and rape.
So this is just about sex, yes??
Time for Paula Jones, et al, to come forward again. I don’t think people would be as dismissive this time.
People have already heard about Clinton’s many affairs and so since it’s old news and he isn’t the president anymore there really is no interest…. I think people were curious about what Stormy was going to say because D T is the current President… I don’t think she will ever disclose all the gross details of whatever took place between them.
At least, Trump didn’t lie under oath about it, did he?
No because he is a coward to be put in that position. Why do you think his lawyer don’t want him to face Mueller. Your undying loyalty to that man is laughable.
JJ,. Sometimes a person’s silence , speaks loudly…You must also believe in the boogie man.
20 years later, the world has moved on somewhat. Neither Bill Clinton nor JFK should be held up as idols of how Presidents should use their power. But neither does the fact that ‘Democrats did it before’ absolve Trump. We know better now.
So you are just dismissing all Clinton’s accusers as well? How sad
Please enlighten me as to when Ben said that.
It’s about possible campaign finance violations.
Reaching aren’t you?
Not when you involve thugs, the threat of murder, and harassment to the pile. Dump’s an evil criminal on the best of days….
Want to talk about Marilyn Monroe’s cloudy demise after being JFK’s and RFK’s pass around toy and the Rat Pack/Mafia connection? Or Slick Willy’s 3 wrong side of the blanket issues?
Prove that it was Trump behind the threats, or are you allowing your political hatred towards him to blind you?
Also, let’s not forget: Clinton was impeached. There was a trial in the Senate and they acquitted him. So he wasn’t dismissed from office, but he was impeached. At the very least, Trump should face the same consequences.
Trump wash’t POTUS at the time. Clinton was.
Clinton was impeached for perjury. Not for what sexual escapades occurred in the bedroom or Oval Office.
Yes let’s deflect to Clinton, not that we haven’t lived with it since he was President. Selective memory or just old and senile. It was endless news coverage back then, so why shouldn’t the TV reality man get the same.
Because he wasn’t president at the time, or did you forget? While, on the other hand Clinton lied under oath and was a sitting president. A real big difference, don’t you think?
NO obviously you lack comprehension. DEFLECT TO CLINTON when you can’t defend 45. We lived it back then and to keep pointing it out is ignorant at best. We all know that Trump is a lying sexual predator and the fact that he cheated on his wives is no shock. The fact that his lawyer PAID her off is. Get with the program.
Really? That’s the shock? That people are paid off to keep quiet? Are you that willfully ignorant?
I guess I should have said just before the election? What money was used. Should have been more specific but I think you got the drift. No not shocked that the fool has paid to keep people quiet.
This is about trump paying a porn star to keep quiet about their affair just before an election. Not a big deal? What if Hillary paid to have McCabe to keep quiet about the emails? trump paying Daniels is on the same level; it is a big deal.
It’s a big deal to the side that lost the election, and as usual, they will do their best to run it into the ground….
Actually no. It’s not just about sex. It’s actually about campaign fraud. Because the person that paid her off was acting on behalf of the campaign. he claimed that he was supposed to be reimbursed by the Trump campaign. That is actually a problem because that exceeds the maximum donation allowed. I don’t remember all the details, they explained it during the show. But essentially there is a potentially illegality here. If it’s proven it is actually really bad.
Because the basketball game ran late, it looks like CBS only showed part of the interview. It seems to have been cut out mid-stream. Not fair to her, not fair to listeners, not fair to anyone. CBS should air the whole interview at another time.
yawn
Shame how the liberal media always gives a forum to even the lowest forms of those among us. Such a wonderful world we live in. 😔
I guess that explains how Trump got over a billion dollars worth of free airtime during the 2016 election.
All media outlets -regardless of political bias – love giving airtime to whatever salacious stories will attract the most viewers. Being a slave to ratings and advertising dollars is one of the biggest problems with modern “news.”
Hate to burst your narrative, because you seem so righteous, but the alt right media, FOX does the same. I’m sure you are familiar with that.
Did you noticed he say “all media outlet – regardless of political bias”. Boy, your hatred sure does runs deep and leads you by the nose. Doesn’t it?
Pay attention to these comments. Wordsmith said that, not Matt.
Matt said LIBERAL media. Tell me again on whose hatred runs deep and is lead by the nose. Gee the sheep can’t even read and comprehend what is written.
How underwhelming…again.
The most interesting part was from the Federal Election Commission chairman. Paragraph from EW:
“Trevor Potter, former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, said Trump could be in real trouble. Potter said Special Counsel Robert Mueller could try to prosecute Trump for his lawyer paying Daniels $130,000 as an undisclosed campaign contribution — and pointed out a rather similar precedent: The prosecution of former senator John Edwards for a payoff to a woman who secretly had his child. “I think the Edwards case is not as strong as the facts we have so far in the Trump case,” Potter says.”
FORMER chairman, who can say anything he wants but whose opinion doesn’t carry any legal or real weight. Especially given that it’s based on what Stormy Daniels said, which hasn’t even been proven to be the gospel truth.
The statement said could. Yes it has been proven even by Cohen that she was paid off. Name one lawyer who uses their own private money for their client?
Who cares, he didn’t do this while in the White House. Unlike Clinton who did, and then lied and/or is to stupid to understand what sexual relations means. Sorry, this story sounds very made up, why now after over a decade? You want a payday, we see that, but those stupid enough to pay you now that is just ridiculous. Seriously, this is between Trump and Melania, no one else.