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On Thursday, a grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump over his alleged role in hush-money payments to adult film star The 44-year-old was alleged paid $130,000 during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Daniels' alleged affair with Trump was first reported in 2018 when it was alleged that she had been paid hush money two years earlier following a sexual encounter with him. Stormy Daniels attends the Los Angeles premiere of neon's "Pleasure" at Linwood Dunn Theater on May 11, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The adult film star has tried to use the alleged affair with former president Donald Trump to her own advantage. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images What Has Stormy Daniels Done Since Her Alleged Affair With Trump? Since being thrust into the spotlight after her non-disclosure agreement (NDA) was broken, Daniels has been vocal about her criticisms of Trump. In September 2018, Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, released a tell-all memoir titled Full Disclosure. In it, she shared details of the alleged sexual encounter in 2006, per the U.K. newspaper The Guardian. She wrote that she accepted calls from Trump in the years after to earn a spot on his reality show The Apprentice. According to the publication, Daniels claimed that Trump had said they could cheat. He would give her details about The Apprentice tasks ahead of time for her to star in more episodes. The adult film director and writer also spoke to 60 Minutes in March 2018, where she said "...

The Stormy Daniels hush money scandal could mark the first time in U.S. history that a former president has ever been arrested. A Manhattan grand jury is currently investigating payment—$130,000—that Trump allegedly arranged for his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to pay Daniels to keep their alleged affair a secret ahead of the 2016 election. Amid this, one allegation that's picked up buzz on social media is that Daniels has already said the alleged affair between her and Trump never actually happened. From left, Stormy Daniels in 2022 and former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2021. One claim spread online amid the hush money scandal is that Daniels did not have an affair with former president Donald Trump. Phillip Faraone/Getty; Brandon Bell/Getty The Claim A The Benny Report on Newsmax , posted on March 21, 2023, stated that The tweet, viewed 3.9 million times, stated: "NEVER FORGET: In 2018, Stormy Daniels said she never had an affair with Trump. In fact, she said it was all made up to get money. "Stormy lost her lawsuit against Trump and was ordered to pay him $300k for legal fees, and her creepy porn lawyer was sentenced to 14 years in prison." The Facts While it is true that in January 2018 a statement was released that stated Daniels said there was no affair, there's unmentioned context that invites doubt. Following the release of that statement, Daniels appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, in which she was asked "Did you sign this letter that was released today?" "I do...

Former President Donald Trump entered a not-guilty plea to the Trump surrendered to the custody of the US Marshals Service and was arrested on Tuesday ahead of his historic appearance at an arraignment in Miami federal court. Justice Department prosecutors allege he withheld classified records from the government after leaving office and attempted to obstruct their return. US Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman allowed the former president to walk free ahead of an expected criminal trial rather than remain in jail or have a cash bond imposed upon him. The judge deemed that Trump, a candidate for the 2024 presidential election, was not a flight risk. Trump will be provided with a list of potential witnesses he won't be able to communicate with unless it's through counsel. He won't be allowed to discuss the case with Much of Trump's 40-minute appearance in court on Tuesday centered on the details of these limitations, with Trump's defense arguing that many of the witnesses will be people who interact with him on a daily basis. Not allowing Trump to interact with staff at his clubs or with members of the Secret Service would be "inappropriate" and "doesn't work," Todd Blanche, one of his attorneys, said. Trump is the first former president to be charged by federal prosecutors and now the first former president to be forced to show up in a federal courthouse and proclaim his innocence. Secret Service agents escorted him to his court appearance as crowds looked on. Blanche spoke ...

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office is investigating whether former President Donald Trump broke the law with payments allegedly made to cover up an extramarital affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels, pictured in 2018. Markus Schreiber/AP The Manhattan district attorney is presenting evidence to a grand jury that former President Donald Trump may have committed crimes in connection with hush money payments to an adult film actress in 2016, according to a person familiar with the investigation. The move lays the groundwork for possible criminal charges against Trump, who has said he did nothing wrong. The investigation stems from the revelation early in Trump's presidency that his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, had made a deal in October 2016 with adult film star Stormy Daniels, who said she had an extramarital affair with Trump. Daniels received $130,000, and in exchange, she agreed not to discuss her story with reporters. Cohen pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating campaign finance law in 2018 and went to prison. As Cohen put it during a plea hearing, the payments were made "in coordination with, and at the direction of, a candidate for federal office." He said paid the money and arranged to be reimbursed $420,000 by Trump's company to cover his taxes. The company recorded the payments to Cohen as legal fees, which could constitute a crime in New York. Trump was not charged in connection with the payments. The Justice Department had determi...

Former President Donald Trump did not need to mention Stormy Daniels when he claimed, in an all-caps post on his social media site Truth Social on March 18, that he “will be arrested on Tuesday.” It was clear that Trump was referring to the percolating reports that Manhattan prosecutors were ready to take the historic step of A spokesperson for Trump followed his Truth Social post with a clarification, saying Trump did not have direct knowledge of any arrest timeline when he had written that post. But members of the team working with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Read More: What to Know About Trump’s Possible Criminal Charges Allegations about a hush money payment over Trump’s 2006 alleged affair with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, have dogged Trump since January of 2018, when the Wall Street Journal Evidence mounted that the alleged affair took place and Daniels herself spoke out about the affair and efforts to silence her afterwards. The Trump White House tried to tamp down the claims, and Trump eventually weighed in. Trump has continued to deny having an affair with Daniels and deny that any campaign money went towards paying her through Cohen. Here are the major statements Trump has made about the Stormy Daniels payment that could be at issue in a potential indictment. April 5, 2018 The first time Trump spoke publicly about the payment allegations, he told reporters aboard Air Force One that he did not know about the $130,000 payment Cohen ma...