Affair allegations spell Stormy times for Trump
AN ADULT-FILM actress who claims she had sex with Donald Trump before he was president says she was threatened in 2011 while in a carpark with her infant daughter to discourage her from discussing the relationship.
Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, told America’s CBS News’ 60 Minutes program that she was on her way to a fitness class with her child when an unknown man approached her, according to a transcript of the interview.
“And a guy walked up on me 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,” Daniels said.
Daniels sued the President on March 6, stating Trump never signed an agreement for her to keep quiet about an “intimate” relationship between them. White House aides did not immediately respond to requests for comment after the interview aired.
Trump did not respond to reporters’ shouted questions about whether he would watch the interview when he returned to the White House from Florida.
Daniels’ appearance represents back-to-back trouble for Trump after an interview last week on CNN with for- mer Playboy model Karen McDougal, who described a 10-month-long affair with Trump starting in 2006. Trump would have been married to his wife, Melania, during both the alleged extramarital relationships.
The White House has denied he had an affair with Daniels, although Trump lawyer Michael Cohen said he paid her $168,000 of his own money during the 2016 presidential election campaign.
The payment could pose a legal problem. Watchdog groups have filed complaints with the Department of Justice and Federal Election Commission, saying that it may have violated campaign finance law by exceeding the limit on the size of a contribution.
Cohen, who has denied that there was an affair, has not explained why he made the payment or said whether Trump was aware of it.