LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with President Trump offered on Monday [3-12-18] to return $130,000 she received from Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer in 2016 for agreeing not to discuss the alleged relationship.
In exchange, the actress, Stephanie Clifford, seeks an end to her deal to keep quiet about what she says was an affair with Mr. Trump that started in 2006 and lasted for several months.
In the letter, which was sent to Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, early Monday, Ms. Clifford’s lawyer, Michael Avenatti, wrote that Ms. Clifford would wire the money into an account of Mr. Trump’s choosing by Friday.
Mr. Avenatti set a deadline of noon Tuesday for Mr. Cohen to answer the offer from Ms. Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels.
Under the terms of the deal detailed in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, the contract ensuring Ms. Clifford’s silence would be ‘deemed null and void’ once she returned the sum called for in her original contract…
Mr. Cohen and Mr. Rosen did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment.”
-Jim Rutenberg, “Stormy Daniels Offers to Return Payment to End Deal for Her Silence,” The New York Times online, Mar. 12, 2018