Thursday, October 17, 2024

Hush, Hush Sweet Stormy



Whether it's overturning an election or paying off porn stars, the felonious Malignant Loser never learns:

Former President Donald Trump this summer offered a financial incentive to adult film star Stormy Daniels if she agreed to keep quiet about Trump — including about the relationship that became the center of the hush money payments that ended up the subject of a New York criminal trial — ahead of this November’s election, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow reported on Wednesday.

Daniels delivered blockbuster testimony earlier this year about hush money payments she received from Trump ahead of the 2016 election, in which she was paid to remain silent about an affair between the two, a relationship he has denied. The jury convicted Trump of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to the payments.  

In a case separate from the hush money trial, Daniels was ordered to pay for Trump’s legal fees after she lost a defamation suit she filed against him. About two months after the hush money trial, Trump’s lawyer told Daniels’ representative that the former president would agree to a lower payment if she agreed not to make any disparaging comments about Trump.  [snip]

Daniels’ lawyer declined the proposal, Maddow reported. Daniels’ lawyer told MSNBC that they ultimately settled on $627,500 but she did not agree to remain silent.  [snip]

In May, Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to Daniels. The historic conviction marked the first time a former president has been found guilty of a crime.

Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen made payments to Daniels in the final stretch of the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump then reimbursed Cohen for the payments, listing them as legal expenses on business records. Trump is scheduled to be sentenced in the case next month.  (our emphasis)

That Ms. Daniels (Stephanie Clifford) refused to take the new de facto hush money deal and remain silent about the Malignant Loser's affair with her while his third wife Melon Melanie Melania was pregnant speaks to the fact that she has more courage and more honor than all the "leaders" in the MAGAt Republican Party/cult combined.  Who wants more of this for 4 years?  Time to turn the page.

(Photo:  Stephanie Clifford's MySpace.com)