A lawyer for President Donald Trump has filed a court document arguing that the hush-money agreement with adult film actress Stormy Daniels is not valid and calling for removal of the president from a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the deal.
The filing in Los Angeles federal court by Trump’s attorney Charles Harder says that “Mr. Trump hereby stipulates that he does not, and will not, contest Ms. Clifford’s assertion that the Settlement Agreement was never formed, or in the alternative, should be rescinded,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
The filing comes a day after Michael Cohen also moved to rescind the non-disclosure deal. Cohen said he arranged at Trump’s instruction to pay Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about her alleged affair with Trump before the presidential election. Trump, however, never signed the deal.
Cohen and Trump’s attorney said in their filings that they will not sue Daniels for any breach of the deal. Cohen pleaded guilty to eight federal felonies last month, including illegally interfering in the presidential election with the payment to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
Daniels sued Cohen and the president to dissolve the agreement. She’s also suing Cohen and Trump for defamation.
Daniels’ attorney Michael Avenatti slammed the moves by Trump and Cohen, insisting they’re part of a strategy to block lawsuit depositions about any other possible payoffs to keep information hidden. Avenatti tweeted that he has never before seen a “defendant so frightened to be deposed as Donald Trump.”
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I have been practicing law for nearly 20 yrs. Never before have I seen a defendant so frightened to be deposed as Donald Trump, especially for a guy that talks so tough. He is desperate and doing all he can to avoid having to answer my questions. He is all hat and no cattle.
The Stormy Daniels deal was important in the federal campaign violation case against Cohen.
If the deal is deemed invalid or rescinded, Daniels will be free to tell her story.
The USA must cleanse itself from the stain of TRUMP. Enough of the daily Craziness !
What the Con supporters don't realize is how thorough Mueller is being in his case of Collusion / Corruption.
There is mounting evidence that the Russian Mob rented suites at Trump Tower for years.
Why is this criminal still in the WH? How many crimes does he need to commit before congress says enough? He invited Russian spies into the WH, had a private meeting with Putin, believes Putin over our own Intel, kidnapped children and babies from parents, profits from being president, has the most people criminally indicted than any other admin and more! Rand Paul wants his cabinet members to take a lie detector test, I say trump should take one first!
Trump and his gang of thieves are dragging America into the gutter. We have alienated our closest allies, snuggled up to dictators, and are becoming isolationist.
If Trump cares at all about our country he should just say thank you for the opportunity to take on this job but I am backing down. For an entire year he has recreated the Presidents job title to be something that it never has been in history and that is a complete joke. He has spent an entire year defending his child like comments and blaming everyone around him for the fact that things did not go well because he simply has no idea what he is doing. It's that simple.
TRUMP WAS RIGHT! He said during the election campaign that if I voted for Hillary, I'd be stuck with a lying corrupt criminal President under constant investigation from day one. Turns out he was right, I voted for Hillary and I'm stuck with a lying, corrupt, criminal President under Federal investigations since day one!
Trump and his family are destroying this country. November can't come soon enough. If only then maybe we can get him to shut up. We need to stuff a sock in his mouth and get him an orange suit.
One last thought : Trump is everything that a young person growing up in this country should never look up to and that says everything. . He is a known liar, cheats on his wife, paid off a porn star to not tell people about his own actions, spent 20 years not paying taxes on millions, said that he was so popular that he could grab any woman he wanted to in the crotch and get away with it and 5 times dodged the draft so he would not have to serve his country. He is an embarrassment to our country and the title of the President and he needs to go away.
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