LEGAL,TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The question now is whether President Donald Trump can hold his tongue — or his tweets — amid a gathering storm of televised allegations and court gambits about his sexual conduct. Stunning comments in an exclusive CNN interview by former Playboy model Karen McDougal on Thursday [3-23-18] put the unusual seeming vow of silence Trump has observed about a trio of civil cases to which he is linked to its most critical test — and raised the issue of how he will respond. McDougal’s interview with Anderson Cooper ratcheted up already intense personal and legal pressure on Trump, and his position will only get more uncomfortable with a blockbuster CBS ’60 Minutes’ interview with adult film star Stormy Daniels on Sunday [3-25-18]. A campaign of media appearances and legal moves by the two women, and a third, former ‘Apprentice’ contestant Summer Zervos, leaves Trump in the unaccustomed position of watching mutely as his image is tarnished on television. The President and White House aides have denied the allegations by all three of the women.”
–Stephen Collinson, “Interview on alleged affair tests Trump’s vow of silence,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Mar. 23 2018, 2:25am