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Stormy Daniels accuses Trump attorney of defamation

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this is the most recent development in the legal battle between Trump and Stormy Daniels being reported on:


Stormy Daniels ramped up her legal battle against President Trump on Monday, alleging in court that his personal attorney Michael Cohen defamed her by insinuating that she lied about an affair with Trump more than a decade ago.

Daniels amended her existing lawsuit against Trump, adding Cohen as a defendant in the pending case. The expansion of the lawsuit in a California federal court comes one day after the adult-film actress’s widely watched interview on “60 Minutes.”

She has alleged that she had a sexual relationship with Trump in 2006 and signed a nondisclosure agreement shortly before the 2016 election. She says she received $130,000 for her silence and has sued to break the agreement, alleging that it was invalid.

here is the important development

Besides accusing Cohen of defamation, the amended complaint broadens Daniels’s contention that the confidentiality agreement was illegal, because it lacked Trump’s signature. The new complaint says the payment violated federal laws that impose limits on campaign donations and require those donations to be publicly reported.

Cohen’s $130,000 payment amounted to an in-kind campaign contribution that exceeded those limits and was never reported, according to the amended complaint. The government watchdog group Common Cause has made the same argument in complaints pending before the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department.

The nondisclosure agreement included a clause requiring any disputes to be settled in private arbitration, where the matter was being handled before Daniels’s lawsuit. Cohen and Trump have said in court filings that they intend to try to force the matter back into private arbitration.

The amended complaint argues that the clause requiring private arbitration is invalid. Secret arbitration would hide an allegedly illegal campaign contribution and violate “public policy by suppressing speech on a matter of enormous public concern,” the complaint says.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...2d48460b955_story.html?utm_term=.d5973b4670f0
 
this is the most recent development in the legal battle between Trump and Stormy Daniels being reported on:




here is the important development



https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...2d48460b955_story.html?utm_term=.d5973b4670f0

She signed the agreement and took the money. Not sure what her beef it. If she had a problem with it at the time, she could have rejected the offer and gone straight to the press--before the election. I get that its Trump and people want her to nail him, but I dont see her argument and she doesnt come off as sympathetic in the least.
 
Anything, as long as we can "GET TRUMP"!
 
She signed the agreement and took the money. Not sure what her beef it. If she had a problem with it at the time, she could have rejected the offer and gone straight to the press--before the election. I get that its Trump and people want her to nail him, but I dont see her argument and she doesnt come off as sympathetic in the least.

This is just increased pressure on Cohen/Trump. If Cohen comes in and says "she did lie, clearly, when she claimed she didn't have sex with him" then he'll be admitting that she's now telling the truth.
 
Hmmmm....

She spreads her legs for a living and prostitutes herself. I hardly think there's much left to be "defamed or deflowered".

Btw... I put her in the same league as congress (who also prostitute themselves)!
 
She signed the agreement and took the money. Not sure what her beef it. If she had a problem with it at the time, she could have rejected the offer and gone straight to the press--before the election. I get that its Trump and people want her to nail him, but I dont see her argument and she doesnt come off as sympathetic in the least.

She probably kicked herself when Trump won and she realized she'd settled for 30 pieces of silver.
 
She signed the agreement and took the money. Not sure what her beef it. If she had a problem with it at the time, she could have rejected the offer and gone straight to the press--before the election. I get that its Trump and people want her to nail him, but I dont see her argument and she doesnt come off as sympathetic in the least.

Trump never signed the agreement, so it is arguable that the nondisclosure agreement is invalid

Not to mention that this non disclosure agreement violates campagin laws

Besides accusing Cohen of defamation, the amended complaint broadens Daniels’s contention that the confidentiality agreement was illegal, because it lacked Trump’s signature. The new complaint says the payment violated federal laws that impose limits on campaign donations and require those donations to be publicly reported.

Cohen’s $130,000 payment amounted to an in-kind campaign contribution that exceeded those limits and was never reported, according to the amended complaint. The government watchdog group Common Cause has made the same argument in complaints pending before the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department.

The nondisclosure agreement included a clause requiring any disputes to be settled in private arbitration, where the matter was being handled before Daniels’s lawsuit. Cohen and Trump have said in court filings that they intend to try to force the matter back into private arbitration.

The amended complaint argues that the clause requiring private arbitration is invalid. Secret arbitration would hide an allegedly illegal campaign contribution and violate “public policy by suppressing speech on a matter of enormous public concern,” the complaint says.
 
Trump never signed the agreement, so it is arguable that the nondisclosure agreement is invalid

Not to mention that this non disclosure agreement violates campagin laws

Why would it be invalid if Trump didnt sign it? She signed an agreement for her silence on a particular issue in exchange for a ton of money. She made an agreement with the guy who paid her so I dont see why the person she had to be quiet about had to be involved at all.
 
She signed the agreement and took the money.
It is not clear if the agreement is valid.

Not sure what her beef it.
The WSJ reported the story about the incident and it was not sourced from her. Because of that Trump's fixer attacked her and that is her beef.

I get that its Trump and people want her to nail him
No, it was the other way around, he wanted to and nailed her.

I dont see her argument
You do not have to, the courts have to.

and she doesnt come off as sympathetic in the least.
Sometimes just the plain facts are enough.
 
Why would it be invalid if Trump didnt sign it? She signed an agreement for her silence on a particular issue in exchange for a ton of money. She made an agreement with the guy who paid her so I dont see why the person she had to be quiet about had to be involved at all.

A non disclosure agreement is contract, one that requires the signatures of the parties involved in that agreement. Trump never signed the agreement, despite the fact that the agreement was sent to trump tower and addressed to the trump organization.
 
Looks like her attorney believes they can out play team Trump/Cohen though, invalidating parts of the agreement. If the private arbitration doesn't hold, then it's not private. If it's not private, than any beef Cohen has will have be in public court, discovery, etc., which they may want to avoid...thus, effectively taking out most of the NDA altogether. It looks to me like a savvy play.

I'm not sure the "not signed" part is relevant. She took the money and agreed, that seems binding on her side. So funny that they tried to say Trump had no idea...meanwhile Trump's on the signature line.

As he quoted, the important part:

The new complaint says the payment violated federal laws that impose limits on campaign donations and require those donations to be publicly reported.

And because of that:

The amended complaint argues that the clause requiring private arbitration is invalid. Secret arbitration would hide an allegedly illegal campaign contribution and violate “public policy by suppressing speech on a matter of enormous public concern,” the complaint says.

Up to whoever they filed it with as to whether they will act on the complaint. But some legals have weighed in that there is merit to the argument that it may have violated campaign contribution laws. Elegant too, in that it doesn't matter if Trump authorized it or even if it came from his campaign, although that would certainly be politically worse.

Maybe they thought the "Cohen paid it out of his own loan/debt vehicle!", would avoid entanglement, but alas, the adult entertainment star's team looks to be outplaying the "Great deal maker". If he stumbled this hard on hush money, I wonder what Mueller's team is finding they slipped up on trying to hide/cover up.
 
It is not clear if the agreement is valid.

The WSJ reported the story about the incident and it was not sourced from her. Because of that Trump's fixer attacked her and that is her beef.

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I think he attacker her because she broke their agreement.
 
She probably kicked herself when Trump won and she realized she'd settled for 30 pieces of silver.

Or, if you think about it, the porn industry is pretty close to Hollywood, and some of them (producers and alike) run in the same circles. I can see some in the industry putting pressure on her to cause this kerfuffle....
 
A non disclosure agreement is contract, one that requires the signatures of the parties involved in that agreement. Trump never signed the agreement, despite the fact that the agreement was sent to trump tower and addressed to the trump organization.

Why couldnt the agreement be between Cohen and Stormy? Why would Trump need to be a signatory to make the agreement valid? If I pay you to be quiet about something and we both sign an agreement for me to pay you and you to be quiet, why would anyone else need to be involved?
 
Or, if you think about it, the porn industry is pretty close to Hollywood, and some of them (producers and alike) run in the same circles. I can see some in the industry putting pressure on her to cause this kerfuffle....

Well somebody's paying for all those town cars and nose candy.
 
You mean ‘GETTING PENCE’ ...

I hate to burst your bubble, but Trump isnt going anywhere. If fact, he will probably win re-election in 2020. You may want to start mentally preparing for that possibility so that its realization doesnt destroy you.
 
Why couldnt the agreement be between Cohen and Stormy? Why would Trump need to be a signatory to make the agreement valid? If I pay you to be quiet about something and we both sign an agreement for me to pay you and you to be quiet, why would anyone else need to be involved?

Was the affair between trump’s lawyer and Stormy Daniels? No it was between trump and miss Daniels.

And trump did not sign the agreement.
 
Hmmmm....

She spreads her legs for a living and prostitutes herself. I hardly think there's much left to be "defamed or deflowered".

Btw... I put her in the same league as congress (who also prostitute themselves)!

Why do you think this CinC, coward in chief, has such a long history of ****ing ‘prostitutes’, as you refer to them? How very Evangelical of him, yes?

Why do republucons continue to support the one who has sold out his nation for ‘first-class *****’, as CinC calls it ???
 
A non disclosure agreement is contract, one that requires the signatures of the parties involved in that agreement. Trump never signed the agreement, despite the fact that the agreement was sent to trump tower and addressed to the trump organization.

It was stated at the beginning of the document that it would be signed by Cohen 'and/or' DD. It was not necessary for him to sign it.
 
Was the affair between trump’s lawyer and Stormy Daniels? No it was between trump and miss Daniels.

And trump did not sign the agreement.

Yeah, so that didn't address Fletch's question...In fact it highlighted it....
 
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