Porn Star Told ‘In Touch’ In 2011 That She Had Sexual Encounter With Trump

attend the 2017 Adult Video News Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 21: Adult film actress/director Stormy Daniels attends the 2017 Adult Video News Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)
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Former porn actress Stephanie Clifford, who uses the stage name “Stormy Daniels,” told In Touch magazine in a 2011 interview that she had a sexual encounter with President Donald Trump in 2006.

The release of Clifford’s 2011 interview with In Touch on Wednesday follows a report from the Wall Street Journal last week that Trump attorney Michael Cohen arranged a $130,000 payment to Clifford in October 2016 as part of an agreement for her to stay quiet about her relationship with Trump. In a statement released last week, Clifford denied receiving any hush money from Trump and denied having a sexual relationship with Trump, but she told a different story in 2011.

“I actually don’t even know why I did it, but I do remember while we were having sex, I was like, ‘Please, don’t try to pay me,'” Clifford told In Touch about her July 2006 encounter with Trump.

She said she met Trump at a golf tournament and agreed to have dinner with him. Clifford said that when she arrived at Trump’s hotel room, she was let in by Trump’s body guard at the time, Keith Schiller, who would go on to serve a short stint in the White House. The two ate dinner in Trump’s hotel room and had sex, Clifford told In Touch. She also said that she and Trump met up several more times after their first encounter.

Cohen again denied that Trump had a sexual relationship in a statement to In Touch.

“President Trump once again vehemently denies any such occurrence, as has Ms. Daniels,” Cohen told In Touch in a statement published Wednesday.

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  1. Follow the money…

  2. Its pretty funny that multiple outlets can report that she made these claims, but she can’t confirm them, presumably because of the NDA. But I’d wager that here NDA wouldn’t require her to make any false statements either, so she won’t “clear” him. Except maybe if Trump paid her more money.

    I’d be interested to find out the source of the funds to pay her off.

  3. About that bullshit “letter” Cohen produced the other day purporting to be penned by “Daniels” saying she never had sex with Trump… oops

  4. DJT has so much energy!

  5. “I actually don’t even know why I did it"

    Not to worry, Ms. Clifford. I’ve had entire decades like that.

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