THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS REPORTING THAT A TRUMP LAWYER
HAD ARRANGED A WHOPPING $130,000 PAYMENT TO A FORMER ADULT FILM
STAR WHO HAD WHAT'S ALLEGED TO BE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
DONALD TRUMP BACK IN 2006.
NOW, THIS PAYMENT WAS MEANT TO BE
HUSH MONEY, HOWEVER DONALD TRUMP'S CAMP, THE
ADMINISTRATION, IS DENYING IT, THEY ARE SAYING IT'S OLD NEWS.
WE WILL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS AND YOU CAN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF.
THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL, AT LEAST IT'S EDITORIAL BOARD, HAS BEEN
RATHER PLEASANT TO DONALD TRUMP SO THIS ISN'T SOME LIBERAL NEWS
ORGANIZATION TRYING TO MESS UP TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION, BUT
APPARENTLY THERE WERE TWO LEAKERS, OR THERE WERE LEAKERS,
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY, WHO SPOKE ON THE CONDITION OF
ANONYMITY, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO KNEW ABOUT THE DEAL THAT
TOOK PLACE, WHO KNEW ABOUT THE PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENT THAT TOOK
PLACE, AND HERE ARE THE DETAILS WE KNOW SO FAR.
MICHAEL COHEN,
WHO SPENT NEARLY A DECADE AS AN ATTORNEY AT THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION, ARRANGED THIS PAYMENT TO THE WOMAN, STEPHANIE
CLIFFORD, IN OCTOBER 2016 AFTER HER LAWYER NEGOTIATED THE
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT WITH MR.
COHEN.
SO THE ALLEGED
RELATIONSHIP TOOK PLACE BACK IN 2006, AND IN AN EFFORT TO SQUASH
ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE TO GO PUBLIC WITH THIS
INFORMATION, THEY DECIDED TO ALLEGEDLY PAY HER THIS MONEY,
THIS HUSH MONEY, VERY CLOSE TO THE ELECTION, ONE MONTH BEFORE
THE ELECTION.
HER STAGE NAME IS STORMY DANIELS, AND ACCORDING TO
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL --
>>THIS ALLEGED
RELATIONSHIP OCCURRED SOON AFTER SHE GAVE
BIRTH TO THEIR SON.
NOW --
>>THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ALLEGATIONS LODGED AGAINST TRUMP
DURING HIS ELECTION.
REMEMBER THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO
CAME FORWARD AND SAID THAT THERE WAS NONCONSENSUAL SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT HAPPENING, AND THOSE ACCUSATIONS UNFORTUNATELY JUST
GOT BRUSHED UNDER THE RUG.
IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE ALLEGING THAT
THERE WAS A CONSENSUAL SEXUAL ENCOUNTER BETWEEN MS.
CLIFFORD
AND DONALD TRUMP.
>>[SHIVERING]
>>I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU GUYS, WHEN IT COMES TO ADULTS
ENGAGED IN A CONSENSUAL SITUATION I DON'T CARE ABOUT
INFIDELITY, THAT'S ON MY BUSINESS.
NONE OF MY BUSINESS,
RIGHT?
IF IT'S NOT IMPACTING ME IN ANYWAY WHY SHOULD I CARE, WHY
SHOULD I GET INVOLVED?
BUT FOR ME THE REASON THIS IS RELEVANT
IS BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN, RIGHT, OF LET ME PAY
THIS PERSON OFF, HUSH MONEY, HUSH MONEY, AND I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT POSSIBLE BRIBERY THAT COULD HAPPEN, POSSIBLE EXTORTION
THAT COULD HAPPEN WITH OTHER FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW I'M SAYING?
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A CHARACTER
FLAW THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
>>WASN'T THIS ALSO SOMETHING THAT HE HELD AGAINST HILLARY
CLINTON FOR BILL CLINTON'S ADVENTURES?
HE ACCUSED HIM OF
EXTORTION AND GIVING HUSH MONEY TO OTHER WOMEN HE WAS IN
CONSENSUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME
THING HE ACCUSES SOMEBODY ELSE OF, HE HIMSELF HAS DONE BEFORE.
THAT TO ME IS THE MOST MINDNUMBING.
>>THE HYPOCRISY, THE PROJECTION.
AND IT'S BECOME SO
COMMONPLACE WITH TRUMP IN THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT WHEN
HYPOCRISY HAPPENS WE ARE DESENSITIZED TO IT.
THEY HAVE
NORMALIZED IT.
YOU ARE RIGHT, I REMEMBER DURING THE ELECTION THE
STUFF GOING AROUND REGARDING BILL CLINTON BEING A RAPIST --
MIND YOU, NOT SOON AFTER THAT THERE WERE THE ACCUSATIONS
AGAINST TRUMP AND THE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
THERE WAS THE ACCESS
HOLLYWOOD TAPE WHERE HE BRAGGED ABOUT GROPING WOMEN.
>>AND JESSICA DRAKE SAYING THAT AT THE SAME EVENT HE GROPED HER,
KISSED HER WITHOUT HER CONSENT, AND SHE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY
MONEY, SHE JUST FELT SHE NEEDED TO EXPOSE HIM.
AND ALSO, THE
IRONY THAT IVANKA TRUMP WOULD RETWEET OPRAH'S TIME'S UP TO SAY
LET'S COME TOGETHER AND FIGHT THIS, THE BASIS OF THIS MOVEMENT
AND THIS CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND GENDER
INEQUITY, SHE COULD JUST TURN HER HEAD AND FIND THE FIRST
PERSON TO STOP IT.
>>I DON'T KNOW WHY IVANKA KEEPS PUTTING HERSELF IN THAT
SITUATION.
IS IT BECAUSE SHE LACKS ANY AND ALL
SELF-AWARENESS?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I FEEL LIKE MUCH LIKE HER FATHER SHE
DOESN'T STOP TO THINK ABOUT THE RAMIFICATIONS OR RESPONSES
SHE WILL GET IN REGARD TO THOSE TYPES OF TWEETS.
>>TRUMP SAYS SO MANY THINGS THAT CONTRADICT EACH OTHER, YOU
PROJECT SOME KIND OF SENSE ONTO IT.
IVANKA SAYS SO LITTLE THAT
YOU PROJECT SOME SORT OF COHESIVE MEANING TO IT ALL.
I
HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHE'S LIKE, I WANT TO LIKE HER BECAUSE I NEED
SOMEONE IN THAT FAMILY WHO IS A VOICE OF REASON FOR MY OWN
SANITY, THAT'S THE DIFFICULT THING WITH IVANKA.
IT DROVE ME
CRAZY WHEN I SAW THE ME TOO THING, IT'S LIKE, TIME'S UP,
TELL YOUR DAD.
>>IT'S LIKE HOW MELANIA TRUMP'S MISSION IS TO COMBAT BULLYING.
I
DON'T MEAN THAT MELANIA IS A BULLY, TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH
YOU MELANIA HAS BEEN THE WINNER IN THIS PRESIDENCY, MOSTLY
BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT ANY PART OF IT SO I THINK SHE'S
STAYING BEHIND THE SCENES.
>>IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF STORMY DANIELS PAID TRUMP $130,000 NOT
TO BRAG ABOUT HAVING SEX WITH HER.
DON'T TELL ANYONE I CAME
NEAR YOU.
YOU ARE A GROSSY.
BUT THESE NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS,
PART OF ME GOES, STORMY DANIELS, YOU GET YOUR MONEY.
EVEN IF YOU
CAME OUT IN THAT TIME AND THAT WAY, YOU GUYS HAVING A
CONSENSUAL RELATIONSHIP IS WAY BETTER, SADLY, THEN THE
ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE, WHICH WE ALL DID SEE AND DIDN'T END
UP SWINGING THE ELECTION.
>>RIGHT, RIGHT, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, WHY DID
HIS LAWYER, WHO CALLS HIMSELF I'M THE MR.
FIX-IT GUY, DECIDE
IT WAS IMPERATIVE TO PAY HER OFF, AND TO PAY HER OFF THAT
AMOUNT MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION?
>>BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT TYPE OF TIDAL WAVE THAT COULD START.
>>BECAUSE SHE KNOWS IF HE LIKES THE PEE PEE.
>>OH GEEZ.
>>I'M JUST SAYING COME AT SUCH A MESS.
>>I WANT TO STOP WITH THE VISUALS ON THIS ONE.