Stephanie Clifford (1979- ), better known as Stormy Daniels, is “one of the best loved porn stars of all time” according to hotmovies.com in 2023. She co-wrote and co-starred in “Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre” (2005), arguably her best work. But she is best known for featuring in one of Donald Trump’s many scandals. It puts her at the centre of one of four criminal lawsuits against Trump that threaten to overshadow the race for US president in 2024.
The scandal: In 2006 Trump had a year-long adulterous affair with Daniels. In 2016, when he was running for president, he bought her silence for $130,000 by way of his lawyer Michael Cohen. Trump recorded it as a legal expense, not a campaign expense. In 2018 she went public and Cohen was sentenced to prison for three years for tax evasion and campaign finance violations. In 2023 on April 4th it got Trump himself arrested, the first time a former US president has been arrested. Because he can easily make bail, unlike Kalief Browder, he avoids jail, at least for now.
Note: Daniels did tell In Touch magazine of the affair in an interview in 2011, but they did not publish it till 2018. Why not in 2016?
The lawsuit: Trump is accused of falsifying business records 34 times, a misdemeanour. That is turned into a felony because he did it to cover up another yet-to-be-named crime – presumably the campaign finance violations that got Michael Cohen sent to prison. The timing of the pay-off, ten years after the affair but just weeks before an election, suggests he did it to benefit his campaign, not for personal reasons. Which makes it an undeclared campaign expense.
White Evangelicals Protestants, strong Trump supporters, gave him a pass on his adulterous affair. As Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, told Politico in 2018:
“[Evangelical Christians] were tired of being kicked around by Barack Obama and his leftists. And I think they are finally glad that there’s somebody on the playground that is willing to punch the bully.”
When asked about turning the other cheek:
“You know, you only have two cheeks. Look, Christianity is not all about being a welcome mat which people can just stomp their feet on.”
Daniels ran for Senate in 2010 in her native Louisiana. Like Trump she is a lifelong Democrat turned Republican. On becoming a Republican:
“While this decision has not been an easy one, recent events regarding Republican National Committee fundraising at Voyeur, an L.A.-based lesbian bondage themed nightclub, finally tipped the scales.”
She explains:
“As someone who has worked extensively in both the club and film side of the Adult Entertainment Industry, I know from experience that a mere $1900 outlay at a club with the reputation of Voyeur is a clear indication of a frugal investment with a keen eye toward maximum return.”
and:
“I cannot help but recognize that over time my libertarian values regarding both money and sex and the legal use of one for the other is now best espoused by the Republican Party.”
– Abagond, 2023.
See also:
- Kalief Browder
- Donald Trump
- Trump’s sex scandal – the Hollywood Access tape scandal, back then his only sex scandal.
- White Evangelical Protestants
- Roy Moore
- Bill Bennett: The Death of Outrage – in 1998 during President Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky sex scandal
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Abagond 
“The evil that men do lives after them, the good is often interred with their bones.” William Shakespeare
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abagond, are you this foolish? You don’t even mention that this kind of NDA payoff for personal matters has never been treated as a “campaign expense” before, and Trump likely would have been in more trouble if he used campaign funds to make the payment. No one has been prosecuted for this. However, it would be a federal offense. The feds reviewed in detail and declined to prosecute. Now, SEVEN YEARS LATER, NY State decided it was a great cause of action, just as the 2024 election is kicking off. You don’t even mention that this is a political stunt? Do you really believe this would happen if it involved anyone but Trump or if Trump weren’t running for 2024? If you do, you’re ridiculously naive. If not, omitting mention of that is de facto lying.
Re: Trump’s infidelity, we get it. He’s not a pastor. The people just need someone to destroy the establishment. By coming after him like this, it shows people he’s the one who threatens them most. Biden Sr. abused his own daughter in the shower growing up (according to her diary) and Hunter Biden engaged in sexual activity with numerous minors, including his own niece, per video on the laptop–besides being a crack addict and selling out the country for tens of millions to China, Ukraine and Russia, with a sizable cut for “the Big Guy”. Yet because the media says “Orange Man Bad” again you buy that and never even wrote a piece on the Bidens’ corruption. You’re now just an establishment hack!
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Biff. LOL!
GOP Talking Points 101:
Excuse your guy because he does what you want and the point fingers at every body else!
LOL!!!
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Derrick,
You probably have no idea about this, but the GOP doesn’t like Trump anymore than the Dems do. The establishment of both parties hates him, because he opposes business as usual for them.
Anyway, are there any specific statements I made in my earlier post that you believe are factually incorrect? If so, please describe in detail. Or you just wanted to say “LOL” and move on? If so, you’re not any more braindead than your average current year American MSM news consumer I guess.
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