STORMY DANIELS, AN ADULT PORN ACTRESS KNOWN AS STEPHANIE
CLIFFORD IN HER REAL LIFE HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST DONALD
TRUMP AND OF COURSE, THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE $130,000 PAYMENT
THAT SHE RECEIVED FROM TRUMP'S PERSONAL LAWYER, MICHAEL
COHEN, AND THE NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT THAT SHE HAD
SIGNED IN RETURN FOR THAT PAYMENT.
THE LAWSUIT ESSENTIALLY CLAIMS THAT SINCE COHEN HAS BEEN
TALKING
ABOUT THIS CASE AND SINCE TRUMP HIMSELF DID NOT SIGN THAT
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT THEN IT IS NOLAN BOYD ESSENTIALLY
FREEING HER TO SHARE HER STORY AND TALK ABOUT WHAT SHE HAS
EXPERIENCED.
SHE IS ALSO CLAIMING THAT MICHAEL COHEN, UP UNTIL
VERY RECENTLY HAD BEEN THREATENING HER AND TELLING
HER NOT TO SHARE THE DETAILS OF THIS STORY WITH
THE PUBLIC.
THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THIS LAWSUIT THAT I WANT TO
SHARE WITH
YOU GUYS.
HE DID, HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE PAID THAT MONEY OUT OF HIS OWN
POCKET AND TRUMP KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT AND EVEN IF THAT WERE
THE CASE, THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL LEGAL
CONSEQUENCES TO THAT.
WE WILL GET INTO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
IF THAT IS PROVEN TO BE TRUE, THAT COULD ALSO HAVE SEVERE
CONSEQUENCES FOR COHEN HIMSELF.
HE COULD POTENTIALLY GET DISBARRED AND AGAIN WE WILL
TOUCH ON IN JUST A MINUTE.
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
LET'S BEGIN TO BREAK IT DOWN.
LET ME START WITH THAT LAST PART.
WHEN THIS STORY FIRST CAME OUT I HAD TWO THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
ONE, I DON'T CARE.
HE SLEPT WITH A PORN STAR.
IS ANYONE SURPRISED?
MELANIA, ARE YOU REALLY SURPRISED?
NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISING I DON'T CARE WHAT HE DOES IN
HIS PERSONAL LIFE.
HE DID NOT RUN ON FAMILY VALUES AND HE IS A REPUBLICAN AND
EVANGELICALS LOVE THEM BUT THAT IS THEIR PROBLEM.
TRUMP DID NOT SAY HE WAS THE BEST FAMILY GUY, TO BE FAIR
TO HIM.
HE WAS ON THE PLAYBOY COVER WHEN EVANGELICAL LEADERS WERE POSING
WITH HIM IN HIS OFFICE, ETC.,
SO THAT SALACIOUS PART OF THE STORY IS TOTALLY
UNINTERESTING TO ME.
IT IS FUN BUT IT IS NOT POLITICALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT I WAS WONDERING WHY DID THEY PAY HER?
THERE WAS ALREADY 21 WOMEN WHO HAD ACCUSED HIM OF FAR
WORSE THINGS, SEXUAL ASSAULT, HARASSMENT, THIS WAS CONSENSUAL.
OKAY, HE DID NOT WANT TO GET OUT BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT AFTER
MELANIA WAS HAVING BARRON AN THAT'S AWKWARD BUT TRUMKA
JUST DENY IT.
IT IS HIS NUMBER ONE GO TO MOVE.
I DENY IT, I STRONGLY DENY IT.
SO WHY IN THIS CASE WHY DID HE BOTHER TO PAY THE
$130,000 AND POTENTIALLY GET HIMSELF INTO LEGAL TROUBLE?
OH, SHE HAD PICTURES AND TEXTS.
SO THE TEXTS ARE BAD BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO SHOW DEFINITIVELY
COMING FROM TRUMPS PHONE, THAT'S WHEN THEY MENTIONED IN THE
LAWSUIT AND IT IS GOING TO SAY STUFF THAT IS DIRTY.
THAT IS ONE THING AND MAY BE BAD ENOUGH, BUT IF SHE HAS
PICTURES, SO.
THAT IS WHY THEY SETTLED.
WHEN I SAW THAT IN THE COMPLAINT I WAS LIKE THAT IS IT.
NOW IT MAKES SENSE.
THAT FITS IN AND EXPLAINS WHY WE ARE EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF
THIS MESS.
NOW IS TALK WITH THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS.
IT IS ONE THING FOR MICHAEL COHEN TO GET HER TO DO A
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT OR A HUSH AGREEMENT.
THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
IT IS PERFECTLY NORMAL AND LEGAL.
THAT IS BASICALLY SAYING THIS MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAVE
HAPPENED BUT I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO DO THAT JUST TO GET RID OF A HEADACHE
AND IF IT IS A SMALL AMOUNT AND THAT IS FAIRLY NORMAL.
THIS IS A LARGE AMOUNT COMING OUT OF THE LAWYER'S OWN
PARKA IS REALLY WEIRD.
THEY GIVES YOU AN INDICATION THAT PERHAPS IT DID HAPPEN
AND THEN THEY WANT HER TO BE QUIET ABOUT IT BUT EITHER
WAY, THAT IS FINE.
BUT WHEN YOU ASK HER TO SAY IT DID NOT HAPPEN, THAT IS A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION AND WHEN YOU HAVE HER SIGN SOMETHING
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PUT OUT PUBLICLY AS THEY DID RECENTLY
WHEN THE NEWS BROKE AND YOU KNOW THAT IT DID HAPPEN AND THAT IS
WHY YOU PAID HER THE HUSH MONEY IN THE FIRST PLACE, IT'S A GOOD
THING THAT WAS PERFECTLY LEGAL AND MADE IT ILLEGAL EVEN IF
YOU DON'T GO TO JAIL OVER THE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU'RE
GOING TO GET DISBARRED.
THAT IS DISBARMENT 101 FOR A LAWYER TO ASK SOMEONE TO
PUT OUT A FALSE STATEMENT THAT YOU KNOW IS FALSE.
AND NOW WITH HIS OWN ADMISSIONS THAT HE WAS INVOLVED, THAT
IS ALSO PRETTY MUCH PROVING THAT HE KNEW THAT THOSE
STATEMENTS WERE FALSE AND THAT THEY WERE DOING THIS.
LOOK, AGAIN, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS TO DISBARRED HIM, ETC.,
BUT A WORLD OF TROUBLE THERE.
POINT 2 IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT.
THAT IS MICHAEL COHEN'S PROBLEM, THAT IS A LAWYER,
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT THE FACT THAT TRUMP DID NOT PAY HER IS A BIGGER PROBLEM.
THEY ACTUALLY HANDLED THIS IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY
BECAUSE IF TRUMP SAID YES, I SLEPT WITH A PORN STAR,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT A?
THERE IS ACTUALLY NO LEGAL ISSUE THERE AT ALL.
IF HE HAD SAID I STRONGLY DENY IT, STILL NO LEGAL ISSUE.
HE LIED, SO WHAT?
POLITICIANS LIE ALL THE TIME, HE HAS LIED 1 MILLION TIMES,
IT HAS NO LEGAL IMPLICATIONS BUT WHEN THEY SAY TRUMP DIDN'T PAY,
MICHAEL COHEN DID, TRUMP CAN GIVE MONEY TO HIS OWN CAMPAIGN,
SOMEONE CANNOT GIVE $130,000 TO TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
THAT IS AN IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION.
THEY WILL MAKE THE CASE IT
WASN'T RELATED TO THE CAMPAIGN, IT HAPPENED
RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION BUT THAT'S NOT WHY WE SETTLED IT.
BUT OVERALL IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE
ELECTION, RELATED TO THE CAMPAIGN, MICHAEL COHEN
PAID $130,000 WHICH IS WAY ABOVE THE LIMIT.
MICHAEL COHEN IS GOING TO JAIL.
HE IS NOT GOING TO JAIL.
IF THERE WAS ANY JUSTICE IN THE WORLD AND IF THE FEC
OPERATED BUT IT IS NOT JUST THE FEC, THE FEC IS USELESS, THE
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMITTEE AND THE THREE REPUBLICANS WHO
WILL BLOCK ANYTHING.
IF HE CAME OUT ON NATIONAL TV DRUNK OR SOBER AND CAME OUT AND
SAID, YES, I HAD HER DO A FALSE STATEMENT, YES I GAVE HUNDRED
AND $30,000 IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION THAT I SHOULD NOT OF GIVEN
THE REPUBLICANS WILL GO NO, NOT BUYING IT.
FREE TO GO.
BUT IT IS ALSO A VIOLATION OF LAWS IN STATES AND IN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, LOCAL PROSECUTORS CAN GO AFTER HIM.
SO WE WILL SEE IF THAT PLAYS OUT.
THE LAST PART OF THE PUZZLE IS POLITICAL THOUGHT MICHAEL
COHEN NOW IN A LOT OF LEGAL AND CAREER TROUBLE.
A LOT.
APPARENTLY A RECENT STORY THAT CAME OUT JUST YESTERDAY, HE
TRIED TO GO GET THOUGH $130,000 FROM TRUMPS BECAUSE HE IS
LIKE I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO PAY ME BACK, I GAVE HER
$130,000 BUT I DIDN'T SLEEP WITH HER, YOU DID.
HE APPARENTLY HAD TROUBLE GETTING HIS CALL RETURNED.
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
TRUMP AS USUAL SCREWED HIM.
THAT IS WHAT HE DOES TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING HIS
CLOSEST ALLIES AND NOW APPARENTLY IS LAWYER.
HERE'S A PERSON YOU DO NOT WANT TO SCREW OVER, YOUR LAWYER.
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.
SO IF COHEN FACED WITH A LOT OF LEGAL JEOPARDY TURNS ON TRUMP,
BOOM.
I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO HOPE WHATSOEVER WHEN IT COMES TO
COHEN GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR MAKING AN IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION
BECAUSE THE REASON I SAY THAT AS HE COULD EASILY SAY AS HIS
DEFENSE THAT HE HAD MADE THAT CONTRIBUTION NOT TO HELP TRUMP'S
CAMPAIGN BUT TO PREVENT THE INFORMATION FROM GETTING OUT AND
HARMING TRUMP'S FAMILY.
I REMEMBER EDWARDS HAD MADE A SIMILAR ARGUMENT OR CASE
WHEN THAT THERE WAS SOME MONEY INVOLVED IN THE AFFAIR THAT
HE HAD.
BUT LOOK, I WOULDN'T BE SO SURE.
HERE YOU BECAUSE THERE'S RAMPANT CORRUPTION IN AMERICA, ALMOST
EVERYONE GETS AWAY WITH IT SO YOU ARE RIGHT TO BE SKEPTICAL
OVERALL FOR SOME PEOPLE DO GO TO JAIL FOR CAMPAIGN VIOLATIONS.
JUST ASK DINESH DESOUSA.
HE GOT HIS MISTRESS TO GIVE EXTRA MONEY BUT HE PAID HER BACK
WHICH ACTUALLY MEANT THAT HE WENT OVER THE LIMIT AND HE LIED
ABOUT IT.
HE WENT TO JAIL.
IT HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY TO CONSERVATIVE IDIOTS WHO
DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO CORRUPTION.
MOST OF IT IS LEGAL, YOU CAN JUST GIVE IT TO A PAC, YOU
DO AN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE, DARK MONEY, BUT YOU CAN'T
DO THIS WERE AN INDIVIDUAL GIVES $130,000
ESSENTIALLY TO A CAMPAIGN.
DINESH DESOUSA I THINK GAVE $10,000 WITH HIM AND HIS
MISTRESS AND MAYBE HIS WIFE, REAL CLASSY GUY AND LOOK AT THE
DETAILS ONLINE AND THEN HE HAD TO GO TO PRISON FOR IT.
MICHAEL COHEN LOOKS LIKE HE IS NOT ONLY IN TROUBLE BUT REELING.
THE FACT THAT HE IS GOING TO THE PRESS AND NOW SAYING, WELL,
THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT BUT TRUMP DIDN'T SIGN IT.
I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
THAT IS BAD NEWS FOR TRUMP.
NOW IF TRUMP PAYS HIM THE MONEY, HE IS DAMNED IF HE DOES.
IF HE DOESN'T PAY HIM THE MONEY THAN COHEN IS IN TROUBLE
AND DAMNED IF HE DOESN'T.
SHE IS GOING TO WIN ON THIS PARTICULAR LAWSUIT.
WHY?
YOU DO NOT GET TO DO A NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
THAT YOU DIDN'T SIGN.
MAYBE SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO DISCLOSE THINGS
ABOUT MICHAEL COHEN BECAUSE HE SIGNED BUT TRUMP DIDN'T.
THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF A CONTRACT.
YOU DID NOT AGREE.
YOU ARE NOT A PARTY TO A CONTRACT, SHE CAN SAY ANYTHING
SHE WANTS ABOUT YOU.
TICK, TICK, TICK.
WONDERFUL LITTLE TIMEBOMB THERE AND SPEAKING OF WONDERFUL,
CREDIT TO WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT GRAPHIC.
I DID.
LOOK AT THIS.
THAT'S WHY THEY PAY ME THE BIG BUCKS.