Porn Star Was Reportedly Paid to Stay Quiet About Trump

The following article by Megan Twohey and Jim Rutenberg was posted on the New York Times website January 12, 2018:

Stephanie Clifford at a Trump Vodka launch party in 2008. Credit: Chad Buchanan/Getty Images

A lawyer for President Trump orchestrated a $130,000 payment to a pornographic-film actress in October 2016 to prevent her from going public with claims of a consensual sexual encounter with Mr. Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

The reported payment came shortly before the presidential election and as the actress, Stephanie Clifford, 38, was discussing sharing her account with ABC’s “Good Morning America” and the online magazine Slate, according to interviews, notes and text messages reviewed by The New York Times. Continue reading “Porn Star Was Reportedly Paid to Stay Quiet About Trump”