The Trump Administration continues to find itself in hot water related to a whole array of scandals — including that over his relationship with porn star Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
As it was reported earlier this year, his personal lawyer Michael Cohen facilitated a payment of $130,000 in hush money to Clifford. In the time since those reports, Clifford has sued Trump, claiming that the nondisclosure agreement she signed in should be considered invalid because the president himself never signed it.
To be clear, there is not a line on the agreement for a person named Donald Trump to sign — there was, however, a spot for someone named David Dennison to sign.
Dennison has been widely reported and understood at this point to refer to the president. However, the going line from the Trump administration has been that the president had nothing to do with the agreement or the hush money.
Now, however, the president has effectively admitted to being the man behind the alias David Dennison.
In a court filing from March 16, the president is identified as having the alias of David Dennison.
Trump admits in his papers that HE is David Dennison!!! ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Sg9fkcegbS
— Allicat⚜️ (@allicat1214) March 17, 2018
This admittance on his part certainly complicates things for him, since he can no longer claim to be separate from the whole thing.
Michael Avenatti, who is serving as a lawyer for Clifford, says he has reason to believe that not only was the president aware of the hush money and NDA, but that he was also aware of a threat made against Clifford meant to keep her quiet.
Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer @MichaelAvenatti: I have evidence Trump was “fully aware” of the threats made against Stormy Daniels pic.twitter.com/QOsCz8YfjA
— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) March 19, 2018
More details about that threat should be forthcoming in a 60 Minutes sit down with Daniels that will air soon.
Trump’s identification as Dennison in a court filing comes after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders admitted from the White House podium that there was litigation unfolding that directly involved the president in relation to the scandal of his relationship with Daniels.
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