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Home Front: Politix
Stormy Tells All to 60 Minutes
2018-03-26
Moved to Home Front: Politics and P.6: Seedy Politics because the only reason this woman is getting a hearing, and getting it now, is to blacken President Trump’s name with presumably strait-laced Republican voters after nothing else worked.
[CBSNews] A week and a half before the 2016 election, Donald Trump's personal attorney paid a porn star named Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with the Republican candidate for president. Today, that arrangement is well on its way to becoming the most talked-about "hush agreement" in history, with potential legal and political implications for the president. Through his spokesman, Mr. Trump has denied having an affair with Stormy Daniels, and his lawyers are now threatening her with financial ruin, saying she has to pay $1 million dollars every time she violates her agreement to stay silent. But that didn't stop her from coming on 60 Minutes.

"Because people are just saying whatever they wanted to say about me, I was perfectly fine saying nothing at all, but I'm not okay with being made out to be a liar, or people thinking that I did this for money and people are like, "Oh, you're an opportunist. You're taking advantage of this."
The payoff violated campaign contribution laws -
What makes the dispute between Stormy Daniels and the president more than a high-profile tabloid scandal is that her silence was purchased eleven days before the presidential election, which may run afoul of campaign finance laws. The president's long-time lawyer Michael Cohen says he used $130,000 of his own money to pay Stormy Daniels. Cohen has said the money was not a campaign contribution. But Trevor Potter, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission appointed by President George H.W. Bush, told us he doesn't agree.
Posted by:Bobby

#27  #25 - Yeah, George W. Bush's "pretzel incident." Getting to about that level of "Really? Are you sh*tting me?"
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-03-26 17:48  

#26  Stock market says it could care less.
Posted by: Spusotle Forkbeard4179   2018-03-26 16:53  

#25  The left/Deepstate has tried to take Trump down so often and in so many ways, it gets to be like the boy who cried wolf one too many times. Too many times occurred long ago and at this point has little meaning. A Stormy Daniels-Trump expose just becomes just more meaningless B.S. from the left on top of a heap of already meaningless B.S. They have tried to do this to every non-Dem candidate.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-03-26 16:33  

#24  Abu Uluque, when people were making the dirty mambo with her they couldn't tell you if she had a face or not. That was not foremost in their brain.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2018-03-26 16:31  

#23  Abu - she's fat and past her prime. She looked a lot better as a brunette about six-odd years ago and 30 pounds less. That business does not lend itself to the ladies aging well / gracefully.

And - I have a buddy who lives in Miami and spotted her clubbing a few weeks ago. Let's just say her cries of poverty last week were pure bullshit.
Posted by: Raj   2018-03-26 16:10  

#22  Do you think if they had any real evidence they would be playing these games?

I think they are trying to build something up for the midterms. Lets go ask Judge Moore...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-03-26 15:39  

#21  I wonder did anyone get Bill Clinton's opinion on Stormy Daniels?
Posted by: Penguin_of_the Desert   2018-03-26 15:17  

#20  Follow the money on this one.

The protracted release of evidence is designed to do the maximum amount of damage to the POTUS.

Do you think if they had any real evidence they would be playing these games?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-03-26 14:46  

#19  Don't forget John Edward's second family.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2018-03-26 14:07  

#18  Don't care who Trump slept with or when.

And I think the ultra religious folks feel this way. We can't spare this man. He fights.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-03-26 13:50  

#17  “early stages of this case.”

From the lawyer.

Now what "case" is that mouthpiece?
Posted by: AlanC   2018-03-26 13:19  

#16  Wait until someone discovers she once dated Christopher Steele.

Posted by: Besoeker   2018-03-26 13:19  

#15  And since he didn't, they can kiss his ass?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-03-26 12:33  

#14  The next stage of the Stormy story is to investigate Trump to determine if he paid her off using campaign finances.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-03-26 12:28  

#13  Savannah Guthrie Rips Stormy’s Lawyer, Asks One Very Important Question
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2018-03-26 12:23  

#12  Yes, Frozen. I understand that. The thing I can't understand is how anybody thinks this woman is attractive. Unprotected sex with a whore like her is so risky it's hard for me to understand why anybody would go for it.

And yes, if you look at the pupils, she does appear to be on meds...

Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-03-26 12:23  

#11  Who?
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-03-26 12:11  

#10  Don Trump had a dual-purpose Johnson. Wat business is it of mine ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-03-26 12:08  

#9  Pupils were extremely dilated. High on drugs or triggered by the mind of a liar working overtime trying to make the lie believable. Didnt watch the interview, but everyone on Twitzer are talking about and sharing images of her extremely dialated eyes.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606   2018-03-26 12:07  

#8  So...? I didn't vote for Mother Teresa. The same tired old Strawman Argument that if a Republican isn't a Saint then they are a Hypocrite!!11!!!1!!!
Posted by: magpie   2018-03-26 12:03  

#7  Whores chatting with whores. Prolly not watched 15 min of 60 min in the past 25 yrs.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-03-26 11:55  

#6  They're a bit late. A Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton late. They set the bar low. They showed its all about power.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-03-26 11:52  

#5  Roy Moore to the white courtesy phone pls, Judge Roy Moore.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-03-26 11:47  

#4  Nobody cares despite her bringing this up weekly for some time...

Since the story is not gaining traction they move on to Plan B: Insinuate that because of the timing a billionaire might have paid her out of campaign finances instead of out of his own pocket.

Since she's so brave going against the Hush Agreement has she shown any of the documents to the world? Cancelled checks? Any proof?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-03-26 11:31  

#3  Abu,
Trump is better. Even if her story is true, he didn't rape her; nobody had an abortion; and talking about one woman one time.

The crucial point is the more the liberals talk about this long ago incident, the less they have to talk about what's happening in the economy.
Posted by: Frozen Al   2018-03-26 11:29  

#2  Funny how the FEC is only concerned about campaign finance law violations when they're done by Republicans. How about the four year and continuing CBS in-kind donation to Hillary Clinton called 'Madam Secretary'?
Posted by: Raj   2018-03-26 11:03  

#1  Tell me it isn't so, Mr. Trump. I thought you would at least be better than Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-03-26 10:32  

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