The story of the president’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen facilitating a hush money payment of $130,000 to adult film star Stormy Daniels covering an affair between Daniels and Trump has captivated the country for months ever since the story rocketed to the front of the national political conversation earlier this year.
It’s also captivated federal investigators, who carried out raids last month on Cohen’s home, office, and hotel room, looking in part for records related to the hush money payment. Authorities consequently revealed that Cohen had been under criminal investigation for months.
The wide circulation of the story of Cohen trying to buy Daniels’ silence has granted her a greater than before position of prominence, and she’s taken the opportunity to seek to hold the president and his team accountable for their actions surrounding the whole ordeal. Represented by Michael Avenatti, she’s both sued the president for defamation and sued to be free from the nondisclosure agreement associated with the hush money at this point.
As a part of that process, the predictable tide of criticism from supporters of the president has rolled in. One such Trump supporter is comedienne Roseanne Barr, whose old sitcom was recently revived and features the title character, played by Barr herself, expressing ardent support for the current commander-in-chief.
Barr took to Twitter recently to denigrate Daniels on account of the industry in which she works, claiming her to be “known” for participating in a type of porn scene that she actually doesn’t do, according to Daniels herself.
In response, Daniels slammed Barr as an “ignorant twat” and quipped:
‘That’s like saying you are known for your beautiful rendition of The Star Spangled Banner.’
Barr infamously sung The Star Spangled Banner at a 1990 San Diego Padres game in an appearance that quickly devolved into incendiary behavior. The comedienne went so far as to grab at her crotch and spit on the pitcher’s mound.
Check out the video below.
In the time since that botched performance, as mentioned, Barr has seen her old sitcom come back with high ratings; its second incarnation has already been renewed for a second season. It’s been reported that she personally spoke with the president on the phone following the success of the first episode of the show’s return.
On the other side, Daniels is continuing on with her legal battle with the president and his team. The president’s new lawyer and longtime confidante Rudy Giuliani recently stated during an appearance on Fox News that the president had actually reimbursed Cohen for the hush money paid to Daniels, contradicting the president and his team’s past claims about the matter.
Trump, after seemingly confirming Giuliani’s accounting of events on Twitter the next morning, threw his new lawyer under the bus while speaking to reporters, quipping that he will eventually “get his facts straight.”
Whatever exact version of events is accurate will no doubt soon come out in legal proceedings involving, the president, his allies, and Daniels, whose given name is Stephanie Clifford. Cohen has stated that he intends to invoke the fifth amendment’s protection against self-incrimination.
Check out Twitter’s response to Daniels dragging Roseanne Barr below.
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