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pnwmom

(108,977 posts)
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 07:09 PM Mar 2018

Stormy Daniels describes her alleged affair with Donald Trump

Source: CBS News

A week and a half before the 2016 election, Donald Trump's personal attorney paid a porn star named Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with the Republican candidate for President. Today, that arrangement is well on its way to becoming the most talked-about "hush agreement" in history, with potential legal and political implications for the President. Through his spokesman, Mr. Trump has denied having an affair with Stormy Daniels, and his lawyers are now threatening her with financial ruin, saying she has to pay one million dollars every time she violates her agreement to stay silent. But that didn't stop her from coming on 60 Minutes.

Anderson Cooper: For sitting here talking to me today you could be fined a million dollars I mean aren't you taking a big risk?

Stormy Daniels: I am.

Anderson Cooper: I guess I'm not 100% sure on why you're doing this.



Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stormy-daniels-describes-her-alleged-affair-with-donald-trump-60-minutes-interview/



This appears to be the full transcript.
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Stormy Daniels describes her alleged affair with Donald Trump (Original Post) pnwmom Mar 2018 OP
Daniels describes how she swatted Donald. LMBO iluvtennis Mar 2018 #1
LOL! CabalPowered Mar 2018 #2
So is this a joke? It's not all in the transcript. n/t pnwmom Mar 2018 #6
Yeah, I'm confused. That sobbing part was not in the aired interview or the transcript. Marie Marie Mar 2018 #21
Were there things that radical noodle Mar 2018 #28
I didn't hear that either,WHY leave that out Cooper?? Bengus81 Mar 2018 #47
'but the sobbing got louder'..... SummerSnow Mar 2018 #13
Now THAT"S about the most damn funny thing I have EVER read here on DU! machoneman Mar 2018 #20
Old Stripper Mind Trick RhodeIslandOne Mar 2018 #41
"Donald, show us on the doll where Stormy hurt you..." Rollo Mar 2018 #42
It's not on in my area yet. Delayed for basketball game!! Arghhhhh!!!! nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #3
Great! Thanks! Turbineguy Mar 2018 #4
Jeez Louise. MontanaMama Mar 2018 #5
Count on it and .... yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #7
I hope she does. MontanaMama Mar 2018 #11
what if she can't divorce him. What if she is an agent who Putin has assigned to 'manage' him? olddad56 Mar 2018 #22
the thought crossed my mind... yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #23
Copy that, dad. Wouldnt surprise me in the least. Shes been with him for years, and yet Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #32
Russian agent? metalbot Mar 2018 #44
Every time I see her on camera, christx30 Mar 2018 #33
What about a black trident? area51 Mar 2018 #43
A black dot on the back of a hand christx30 Mar 2018 #46
So glad it's being aired! ailsagirl Mar 2018 #8
OK, time to play Stormy Daniels Bingo. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2018 #9
Stealing this for my thread! yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #25
And...the Japanese judges gave him a "2" flibbitygiblets Mar 2018 #10
I read the whole thing so you won't have to. jmbar2 Mar 2018 #12
Agreed. So the question is why DT has been fighting her about the NDA. pnwmom Mar 2018 #14
I watched Splendor In The Grass with Beatty and Wood. Beatty is always so worth it..n/t monmouth4 Mar 2018 #17
Well no, not really... llmart Mar 2018 #18
Of what would she have video? jberryhill Mar 2018 #34
Boring!! disndat Mar 2018 #48
She only slept with him once or did I read it too quickly? BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #15
You read it as quickly as he finished with her. BamaRefugee Mar 2018 #19
It's all she's ever alleged. McDougal is the one talking about an affair. n/t pnwmom Mar 2018 #26
Once only according to this excerpt from the OP's link progree Mar 2018 #35
TALK ABOUT sick... yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #16
Again with the: yallerdawg Mar 2018 #31
The comparison to Ivanka is what grossed me out! mentalsolstice Mar 2018 #38
someone else noticed too yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #40
I watched it. House of Roberts Mar 2018 #24
How do we know Stormy is telling the truth? bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #27
Yep. dalton99a Mar 2018 #29
WHAT !!!! "you could see how small he was" .. . . ???????? trueblue2007 Mar 2018 #30
u know what they say,,,,, small hands,,,, small Richard Cryptoad Mar 2018 #36
I think the butt swatting is more embarrassing than the sex TexasBushwhacker Mar 2018 #37
No bombshells, but she did more subtle damage DeminPennswoods Mar 2018 #39
I watched the whole interview. Her lawyer played us. There was NO big news in the whole damn thing. 7962 Mar 2018 #45

machoneman

(4,006 posts)
20. Now THAT"S about the most damn funny thing I have EVER read here on DU!
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 08:19 PM
Mar 2018

Fuckin' A man! I'm still LMFAO!

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
41. Old Stripper Mind Trick
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 11:08 PM
Mar 2018

“Ooooooh you’re such a bad boy! I should spank you!”

No shock a simpleminded dickcheese like Dolt 45 went for it right away.

olddad56

(5,732 posts)
22. what if she can't divorce him. What if she is an agent who Putin has assigned to 'manage' him?
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 08:20 PM
Mar 2018

I think that she would have left a long time ago if she could have. His other wives left.

I think she is part of Putin's scheme. Everything about Trump makes sense if you factor Putin into the picture. The Russians rigged the election, we all know that.

The US causes the economic collapse of the former USSR. Makes sense to me that they would want revenge, that they would want the shelves in our grocery stores to be empty like theirs were. They want our people to suffer like theirs did.

time will tell. Don't bet against it.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
32. Copy that, dad. Wouldnt surprise me in the least. Shes been with him for years, and yet
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 08:53 PM
Mar 2018

doesn’t know that he’s a half-assed, money laundering mobster? That he hangs with dark, scheming Russians/NYC mob? Or that he’s a pawn in a mobster/oligarch syndicate that uses the fuck out of him?

Yeah, I’d be surprised if Putin/Mogilevich DIDN’T have a whole lot to do with her continued presence on the scene, but - time will tell.

I sure hope Bannon comes out of this unscathed, but other than that, fuck em all.

metalbot

(1,058 posts)
44. Russian agent?
Mon Mar 26, 2018, 07:09 AM
Mar 2018

Let's take the much more likely scenarios first, one of which is that Trump is insanely rich and will likely die in the next 10 years, leaving her a potential billionaire, and then weigh that against filing for divorce in a way that even more of her personal life is going to be dragged through the gutter, in order to contest the pre-nup that almost certainly exists, and to fight a court battle against the best lawyers money can buy.

But sure, it could be that it's because she's a Russian agent.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
33. Every time I see her on camera,
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 09:18 PM
Mar 2018

I always look at the back of her hand. See if I can see a black dot.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
46. A black dot on the back of a hand
Mon Mar 26, 2018, 08:10 AM
Mar 2018

is a way of non verbally asking for help if you’re in a dangerous situation, like an abusive relationship with a controlling person.

jmbar2

(4,874 posts)
12. I read the whole thing so you won't have to.
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 07:50 PM
Mar 2018

It's a nothing burger. Yes she had sex with him. Says she was threatened to not talk about it in a parking lot of a gym. Took money to shut up. Now, it may be a campaign contribution violation. That's the story.

If you click the link to the story in the original post above, you can watch it live. But really, there's nothing new or even interesting.

pnwmom

(108,977 posts)
14. Agreed. So the question is why DT has been fighting her about the NDA.
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 07:58 PM
Mar 2018

I think it's because there are other women out there and other more damning NDA's. He doesn't want to set a precedent that these women can come forward.

llmart

(15,536 posts)
18. Well no, not really...
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 08:18 PM
Mar 2018

She did not answer the question about if she had video or emails, etc. saying her attorney advised her not to answer that, but the look on her face led me to believe oh yes, she has something.

Also, "he didn't use a condom" could mean something or not. Did she get pregnant? Did he give her an STD? Did the drugstore run out of extra smalls? Inquiring minds want to know!

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
34. Of what would she have video?
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 09:33 PM
Mar 2018

They had sex in 2005 and had a TV watching session in 2006. The iPhone came out in 2007, and cell phone cameras before that were pretty limited. The hotel room in 2005 was his. How did she rig up a hidden camera?

BigmanPigman

(51,588 posts)
15. She only slept with him once or did I read it too quickly?
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 08:02 PM
Mar 2018

That doesn't constitute an affair, just a one night stand (a really icky one at that ).

progree

(10,904 posts)
35. Once only according to this excerpt from the OP's link
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 09:42 PM
Mar 2018
According to Daniels, Mr. Trump called her the following month to say he'd not been able to get her a spot on Celebrity Apprentice. She says they never met again and only had sex in that first meeting in 2006.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stormy-daniels-describes-her-alleged-affair-with-donald-trump-60-minutes-interview/

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
31. Again with the:
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 08:50 PM
Mar 2018

"Wow, you--you are special. You remind me of my daughter."

Then she never had sex with him again.

We all know a freakin' creep when we see and hear one.

Most of us don't turn around and vote for one. Even if popular vote doesn't count.

mentalsolstice

(4,460 posts)
38. The comparison to Ivanka is what grossed me out!
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 10:23 PM
Mar 2018

Otherwise, I think this case will depend on how the money changed hands, definitely worth looking into. When it was asked if Mueller had the jurisdiction to look into it, I was like hell yes. Kenneth Starr went from looking into Whitewater to Monica Lewinsky.

House of Roberts

(5,168 posts)
24. I watched it.
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 08:23 PM
Mar 2018

I was watching the basketball and forgot about it coming on, then there it was, so I watched it.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,184 posts)
37. I think the butt swatting is more embarrassing than the sex
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 09:59 PM
Mar 2018

Maybe that's what he wanted to cover up so bad.

DeminPennswoods

(15,285 posts)
39. No bombshells, but she did more subtle damage
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 10:25 PM
Mar 2018

She exposed him as a paper tiger, imho, with the story about swatting him on the butt with a copy of the mag that had his picture on it. She told Trump to do something and he did it, completely submissive.

She saw right through him and never took anything he said to her seriously. She treated him like the con artist he is.

I thought she was credible and a tough cookie.


 

7962

(11,841 posts)
45. I watched the whole interview. Her lawyer played us. There was NO big news in the whole damn thing.
Mon Mar 26, 2018, 07:21 AM
Mar 2018

Biggest surprise to me was that she said they only had sex ONCE. That makes the Playboy model's story a lot more interesting because they had an ongoing affair.
Sure, the questions about the lawyer payoff is there, but you gotta PROVE he didnt pay it himself. Maybe that can be done

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