The following article by Jim Rutenberg and Peter Baker was posted on the New York Times website March 7, 2018:
President Trump’s lawyer secretly obtained a temporary restraining order last week to prevent a pornographic film star from speaking out about her alleged affair with Mr. Trump, according to legal documents and interviews.
(Read the restraining order.)
The order, issued by an arbitrator in California and reviewed by The New York Times, pertained to the actress Stephanie Clifford, who had been paid $130,000 shortly before the 2016 election in what she calls a “hush agreement.” In recent weeks, she had prepared to speak publiclyabout Mr. Trump, claiming his lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, had broken the agreement. Continue reading “Trump Lawyer Obtained Restraining Order to Silence Stormy Daniels”