The Stormy Agreement and the Comey Letter — On the Same Day!

MELVILLE, NY - FEBRUARY 22: Stormy Daniels poses for a photo before her performance at Gossip Night Club on February 22, 2018 in Melville, New York. (Photo by Mike Pont/Getty Images)

By Josh Marshall

March 12, 2018 10:51 p.m.

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I’m a bit surprised that I haven’t seen anyone else point this out. But the Stormy Daniels hush agreement was executed on the same day as another critical event of the 2016 campaign: the Comey Letter. That was on October 28th, 2016, ten days before election day.

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