DEATH THREATS AND TELLY ROW
A bleak week for the Donald, but this sorry saga will run and run
THIS week’s events have been very damaging for Trump, but there is still a long way to go before this scandal reaches its conclusion.
Paul Manafort, the President’s former campaign chairman, was convicted of fraud on Tuesday.
On the same day, Michael Cohen, Mr Trump’s former personal attorney, pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges. Both men are facing jail sentences.
For now, Cohen’s plea is more significant. Cohen testified that he facilitated payments to two women, “in co-ordination with and at the direction of a candidate for federal office” in order to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Cohen’s lawyer later confirmed that this candidate was Donald Trump. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is unlikely to bring charges against Trump, however, because he is the sitting president.
DANGER
This means that the main danger to Trump is his removal from office via Congress. Firstly, the president must be impeached through a simple majority in the House of Representatives.
After that, Trump would only be removed after a trial in the US Senate. A conviction requires two-thirds of senators to vote in favour.
No president has ever been removed this way. Richard Nixon resigned before his impeachment vote, while the Senate acquitted Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson. The process is steeped in politics and there are a number of issues that need to be resolved before Trump’s fate becomes clear.
Most importantly, the Republicans have majority control of the House of Representatives, so any impeachment attempt would almost certainly fail in Washington’s highly partisan political climate.
However, Congressional elections are in November and if the Democrats gain control, then impeachment becomes significantly more likely.
Secondly, the Mueller probe was established primarily to investigate “links and/or co-ordination between the Russian government” and Trump’s 2016 presidential election campaign.
Mueller has not yet addressed this key issue of collusion directly. If he finds evidence that the Trump campaign co-ordinated with the Russian government, and that Trump knew, the President’s chances of political survival would dip dramatically. alleged fling. Overnight, she became an icon for women who claimed they had suffered harassment – even though Stormy insists that her relationship with Trump was consensual. She went on: “I’d no idea I would end up standing up for everyone but it has been a privilege I never expected. “It’s hard enough to face these powerful people but to have others place their hope and trust in you is a big deal. I’m not a feminist, I’m just human.” Stormy revealed that one woman confided in her that her sister had really just want to hug you’.” Stormy said standing up to Trump came at a price. In March, she received so many death threats that she had to hire two bodyguards who never leave her side.
Some of Trump’s fanatical supporters have bombarded her with terrifying messages.
One man approached her in a car park, said she had a lovely daughter and “it would be a shame if something happened to her Mommy”. Stormy added: “I’ve been told: ‘Watch out, b*tch I’m coming for you, I’m going to cut your throat’ – and ‘Your kid should be euthanised’. It’s horrible stuff.”
Stormy has now left the UK for a secret location following the row over her last-minute exit from Celebrity Big Brother.
She said: “When I agreed to the show I made it clear I was going on to let people see what I am really about, not to be negative about the US administration or to reveal what happened with Trump.
“Then when I arrived, I realised the show had been advertised with promises of me ‘revealing secrets’ – which I couldn’t do for legal reasons. I filmed some pre-recorded footage but they scripted me to say things like ‘every White House needs a First Lady’ and revealed there would be a White House set.
“That’s when I realised it wasn’t going to be what I had agreed to.” Stormy has faced accusations that she asked for more money – but she and CBB have both denied this.
She added: “It’s never been about money.”
The sensational allegations that the President had a lovechild were made by Dino Sajudin, a former doorman at Trump Tower.
He sold the story to the owners of the National Enquirer, said to have bought exclusive rights to negative stories about Trump and kept them locked in a safe – unpublished.
Meanwhile, an opinion poll gives the Democrats a six-point lead over Republicans ahead of the midterm elections – and that could be crucial in any impeachment vote.
Trump denies any wrongdoing over payments admitted by Cohen and claims that he has been the subject of a “witch hunt”.
geraldine.mckelvie@mirror.co.uk Trump aide Paul Manafort killed herself after being raped. Others have said her experience encouraged them to report abuse and sexual harassment.
Stormy – who appears in US clubs in a touring strip show – said: “I sometimes go back to my dressing room after listening to other people’s stories and it just makes me want to cry.
“Sometimes we all cry together. But I am there to do a job so I pull myself together and then get back on stage.
“I can be standing completely naked on stage and a woman will start crying. I’m like: ‘Oh my God, I Trump could be impeached
Fanatic who backs Trump said ‘watch out b*tch I’m going to cut your throat’ STORMY DANIELS TELLING OF DEATH THREATS AGAINST HER