LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER/WOMEN: “President Trump turned to Twitter early on Wednesday [4-18-18] to dismiss the sketch of the man a pornographic actress claims threatened her years ago on his behalf. It was just the second time the president weighed in on the subject after weeks of frenzied news media coverage. The president mocked the sketch, which the pornographic actress, Stephanie Clifford (known as Stormy Daniels) released on Tuesday [4-17-18]. His tweet accompanied a post from another Twitter user, who said the man looked like Ms. Clifford’s former husband. ‘A total con job,’ Mr. Trump wrote in his first ever Twitter post related to Ms. Clifford, who has said she had an affair with Mr. Trump in 2006. In making fun of the sketch, Mr. Trump shared it with his more than 50 million Twitter followers. And, according to Ms. Clifford’s attorney, the president’s comments on Wednesday could lead to a defamation claim.”
-Eileen Sullivan, “Trump Mocks Sketch of Man Who Allegedly Threatened Stormy Daniels,” The New York Times online, April 18, 2018