You Will Anyway: So...he DID try to hush up Stormy Daniels?

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

So...he DID try to hush up Stormy Daniels?

Is that what Sarah Sanders is telling us?

Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders declined Wednesday to provide additional details and deflected questions about adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who is suing to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement.

“Look, the President has addressed these directly and made very well clear that none of these allegations are true,” Sanders said.

Trump has not publicly addressed the alleged illicit dalliance.

“This case has already been won in arbitration and anything beyond that I would refer you to the President’s outside counsel,” Sanders added.

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Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen [...] Cohen obtained a temporary restraining order against Clifford from the private arbitrator, a retired judge, which bars her from disclosing “confidential information” related to the nondisclosure agreement signed in October 2016, according to a copy of the document obtained by NBC News.

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Daniels’ suit alluded to the legal filing as an attempt to “intimidate” her and “shut her up” by initiating what it calls a “bogus arbitration proceeding.”

NY Daily News

“The president has denied the allegations against him and again this case has already been won in arbitration and anything beyond that I would refer you to outside counsel,” she added.

When pressed for details, Sanders said: “I can share that the arbitration was won in the president’s favor.”

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Sanders also said Wednesday that Trump told her that he didn't know about the payment when it was made.

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An attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels mocked [...] Sanders’ claim Wednesday that President Trump prevailed over Daniels in private arbitration.

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“Yeah. And he also won the popular vote,” said attorney Michael Avenatti, who sued Trump on the adult performer’s behalf Tuesday to unshackle her from a nondisclosure deal.

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NBC did not report the duration of the temporary order issued last month, but reported that Trump was not listed as a party to the proceedings. "President Trump hasn't won anything relating to Ms. Clifford," Avenatti told the outlet.

Washington Examiner

"And he also won the popular vote."

Zing.

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