The attorney for adult film actress Stormy Daniels has asked the Trump Organization to preserve records related to a $130,000 payment that President Donald Trump’s lawyer made to Daniels just weeks before the 2016 election.
In letters sent Thursday to the Trump Organization, First Republic Bank and City National Bank, Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for Daniels, asked that all documents connected to the payment be preserved, including emails and communications with Trump family members. The demand is part of a civil lawsuit Daniels filed this month seeking to void an October 2016 nondisclosure agreement in which she was paid in return for her silence about an alleged affair she had with Trump nearly a decade earlier.
Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, is one of three women suing Trump over his alleged sexual behavior. While the lawsuits are in their earliest stages, they threaten to embroil the president in years of litigation that could expose embarrassing details of his alleged sexual relationships, uncover evidence of possible hush-money payments and draw the scrutiny of federal campaign finance regulators. Ultimately, the president himself could be forced to testify or give depositions under oath.
Avenatti said Thursday’s letters are just the beginning.
By the way, Avenatti also posted this late last night on Twitter.
I have a feeling that is going to send a cold chill up someone's spine.If “a picture is worth a thousand words,” how many words is this worth?????#60minutes #pleasedenyit #basta pic.twitter.com/eCkU0JBZaR— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 23, 2018
There were a lot of choices for this last post of the day, but I thought I would end with one about Stormy Daniels, because, just like Karen McDougal, I think that her story is going to prove very damaging to Donald Trump.
As well as to the Republican party.
There are some who will argue that Trump is inoculated from all of this, and that the proof of that is in the fact that he got elected even with all of those sexual assault allegations swirling around.
However my answer to that argument is that the Women's March was inspired by the fact that Trump was elected despite those allegations, and that the #MeToo movement actually grew out of this newly energized female activism.
In short, Trump's election was such a shock to our collective systems that it jolted people awake in a way they simply had not been awake before.
The result has been a changed atmosphere in which allegations of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and even gender inequality are taken FAR MORE seriously than they ever have been in decades past.
So in this new atmosphere these stories about Donald Trump's extramarital affairs, bullying by his attorneys, and attempts to buy women's silence is being viewed through newly attentive eyes.
That has created a powerful desire to somehow remove Trump from the White House, and to punish all of those who supported him during the campaign, and to especially punish all of those Republican politicians who stand with him today.
Yes Mueller's investigation may provide the evidence needed to start impeachment proceedings against Trump, but it will very likely be the politically active women in this country who will be the driving force to replace the obstructionist Republicans with Democrats who will actually it through.
And every time we read about Trump assaulting a woman, treating a woman like a prostitute, or having a woman bullied into submission, only serves to further inspire this women's movement to work harder to ensure that there will never again be a Misogynist-in-Chief in the People's House.
It also goes without saying that being the party which supported the Misogynist-in-Chief is not exactly an enviable position.
So like I said, these interviews and news stories, about women who were in some way wronged by Donald Trump, are simply NOT good news for the Republicans.
Karen McDougall's story and interview won't do anything because he so far hasn't bullied her to shut up and the payments were made by a Trump friend rather than Trump himself or Michael Cohen. Thankfully, the Stormy Daniels story has much stronger legs and perhaps even Summer Zervos may do more to bring this jackass down. I really hope these women empower more women to come forward if Trump has assaulted or bullied them.
ReplyDelete"Why the Summer Zervos Lawsuit Is Bad News for Donald Trump
Delete"The President of the United States has no immunity and is 'subject to the laws' for purely private acts.""
"The president's unofficial conduct" THAT^
https://reason.com/blog/2018/03/23/why-the-summer-zervos-lawsuit-is-bad-new
Actually i read an article that said the payment to McDougall is much more damaging.
DeleteEither way both women seem sort of stupid for settling for such low amounts,after all donnie keeps telling us he has billions and billions :)
I doubt the world is ready for a video Or picture of a naked Donald Trump. No matter how poor the film quality it will be the most unforgettable and unforgivable Trump image. It would end him. All the medication on the planet will not be able to help him overcome the devastation.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I guess it would be worse than the back of his bald Voldemort head, when the wind whips the glued together curtain of hair, to expose his giant pink bald spot!
DeleteShe beat Vladimir to it! Haha
DeleteHe loses that sword over Don!
Now what else does Vlad got??
"“Nearly 20 years of practicing law, she is without a doubt one of the most intelligent clients I ever had, she is very perceptive, and her self-awareness is off the chart” @MichaelAvenatti the Attorney for @StormyDaniels tells us about Stormy the person on my @sxmprogress show"
ReplyDelete"The FACT that a sitting president is pursuing over $20M in bogus 'damages' against a private citizen, who is only trying to tell the public what really happened, is remarkable. Likely unprecedented in our history. We are NOT going away and we will NOT be intimidated. #basta
5:34 PM - 16 Mar 2018"
I doubt the world is ready for a video or picture of a naked Donald Trump. No matter how poor the film quality, there is not enough eye bleach. It will be the most unforgettable and unforgivable Trump image. It would end him. All the medication on the planet will not be able to help him overcome his devastation.
ReplyDeleteTakes away some cards from the Russian Roulette game!
DeleteOT?"Leigh Corfman accused Moore of forcing himself on her decades ago, when she was 14 years old. To manage the heavy “media scrutiny” of publicly making such claims, Corfman hired her attorney friend Eddie Sexton to represent her.
ReplyDeleteShortly thereafter, Sexton was approached by two Moore supporters, offering him $10,000 to sign a statement discrediting Corfman, The Washington Post reported Friday
Those supporters, Gary Lantrip and Bert Davi, planned to release the signed statement to Breitbart News—the far-right outlet, then-overseen by ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon, which acted as one of Moore’s most vocal media backers."
"""Lantrip and Davi approached Sexton because both were his clients in a separate and unrelated case. Additionally, Lantrip and Sexton were longtime friends. And on the Breitbart end, Lantrip and Davi had attended private Moore events, and personally knew Bannon, reportedly promising a cash-strapped Sexton access to then-Breitbart News chief Steve Bannon, as well as legal work on Bannon’s behalf in Alabama."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/breitbart-reporters-saw-roy-moore-supporters-try-to-bribe-accusers-lawyer-he-says/?via=twitter_page
Will Republican women just continue to say it is FAKE NEWS? Good chance.
ReplyDeleteSure, why not? Ask Sarah Palin, she still supports guns and Trump. She is exploiting her grandkids for a National Debt meme. Do you think they are paid for modelng? May be Dakota told Bristol to stop using his girls? Stupid Sarah is pissed.
Delete"DC is cojones-less!"
https://www.facebook.com/pg/sarahpalin/posts/?ref=page_internal
Sarah is determined to rip David Hogg a new one. The idiot can't handle activists, gun control. I doubt she can bare looking at the many marches happening around the world today. All the people who are united against her cause. She is trying to think up new ways to try and connect with the public that is done with her. Who can she trash next, who will she exploit?
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I am curious about Hope Hicks and Karen McDougall. McDougall dealt with employees of the Trump Organization. She liked and got to know his hired help. They helped to make arrangements and to take her to rendezvous.
ReplyDeleteMcDougall seemed upset with Hope Hicks for denying McDougall's existence. Intimated that Hicks was a liar. Hick's job required she lie. I hope we find out if she lied or lies to Mueller or a grand jury.
How the Trump Organization operates is of interest. Karen McDougall can shed light on the parts about how he manages the women he screws. Harvey Weinstein had assistance from his friends and staff. Trump is not a lone predator or romeo.
Melania, fucking leave this pig. If Hillary had left Bill when we ALL know she wanted to, she would likely be president. His narcissism sabotaged her (awful statements)
ReplyDeleteLeave him, Melania. Be a courageous hero.
She won't because he would likely have her deported.
Do they really believe that Trump will provide all the documentation that has been requested/ordered? I don't!
ReplyDeleteThis is where they'll get him for destroying evidence.
ReplyDeleteThe staff that helps him staging these women to meet up for sex will have to lie and destroy evidence if they are deposed. She did say something about he gave her cash to buy her own tickets, to avoid a paper trail. Someone helped her get to the hotel suites. She spent a lot of time with one employee that she liked. He was funny.
DeleteTrump is so ugly and creepy, how could anyone jump in bed with that asshole, even for money. He is just gross!! What a nasty dirty dotard. Nothing attractive about him at all.
ReplyDeleteRemember when we had two men of compassion and integrity in the White House who saw others as valuable human beings and not merely tools to be used to satisfy a selfish desire?
ReplyDeleteIt seems like forever...
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/23/how-joe-biden-treated-a-father-who-lost-his-daughter-in-the-parkland-shooting-will-touch-your-heart.html
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/stormy-daniels-attorney-reveals-thuggish-acts-trump-fixer-delivered-person-warns-dvd-contains-evidence/
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SIgh. Donald and his many prostitutes. Why? No woman would love him for free?
ReplyDeleteGosh i wonder what holier than thou Mike Pence and his wife feel about supporting the adulterer?
ReplyDeleteIs it ok as long as mikey can further the so called christian agenda?
Q-Tip is waiting & whining.
DeleteSERIAL adulterer.
DeleteAndrew McCabe: Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way
ReplyDeletehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/andrew-mccabe-not-in-my-worst-nightmares-did-i-dream-my-fbi-career-would-end-this-way/2018/03/23/5ff8fd8c-2eb9-11e8-8688-e053ba58f1e4_story.html
‘We’re in trouble’: Malcolm Nance sounds the alarm on ‘democracy under attack’ by conservatives ‘owned by the Kremlin’
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/trouble-malcolm-nance-sounds-alarm-democracy-attack-conservatives-owned-kremlin/
Never again can the Republican Party claim to be the defenders of what is moral.
ReplyDeleteThey always made Democrats out as the defenders of an immoral society. They have sunk so low with Trump the slime he brings to the office of the Presidency will take a lot of time to repair.
I have never felt luckier that social media did not exist when I was in high school in the early 80s. Teenagers are all the same but. Yeah. So lucky we were.
ReplyDelete‘America is being run by Steve Doocy’: Maher compares Fox News controlling Trump to the way Putin controls state TV
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/america-run-steve-doocy-maher-panel-compares-fox-news-controlling-white-house-way-putin-controls-state-tv/
“That DVD,” Avenatti said to CNN on Friday, “contains evidence substantiating the relationship. And the tweet is a warning shot. I want to be really clear about this. It is a warning shot. And it’s a warning shot to Michael Cohen and anyone else associated with President Trump that they’d better be very, very careful after Sunday night relating to what they say about my client and what spin or lies they attempt to tell the American people.”
ReplyDelete...They were unaware that they were not alone. Throughout the course of the evening, their every movement was being watched: Outside Hicks’s apartment, at Gidley’s home, outside the restaurant, walking into the lobby of her apartment building. Each moment was documented in photos and video, even through the window in the back of the cab home. Hicks was being tailed by a group called Probe-Media, “an elite agency” that “deals in exclusive material and provides images and video footage and reconnaissance in a service uniquely tailored to meet our clients’ needs,” according to the company’s sparse website.
ReplyDeleteProbe-Media offers what it refers to as “a bespoke service” to “international news outlets, intelligence agencies and corporate and individual clients.” Perhaps by design, basic information about Probe-Media is difficult to locate. The o in its logo is a lens, and above the company’s name is an outline of a skyline in which the Statue of Liberty sprouts from the middle of a block of suburban houses and urban buildings. When I reached out through a form on the website, I received a response sent from an iPhone. “Yes it was us that got the pictures and yes they did lead to further events but the process how the shots were taken cannot be discussed as that’s why we get commissioned for our deep surveillance approach and discretion,” read another response. “Thank you for reaching out though, Kind regards, The team at Probe-media.”
Five days after the dinner, on February 1, grainy images of Hicks and Porter taken by Probe-Media were published by the Daily Mail, a tabloid based in the U.K.
https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/what-hope-hicks-learned-in-washington.html
I watched the McDougall interview with Anderson Cooper and she made the most idiotic comment about how good-looking and charismatic Donald Trump is and then she topped it all off by saying Trump has "great posture"! Who the frig gets hot over someone's posture?
ReplyDeleteSome of the silicone from her implants must have travelled to her brain.
A day after a judge said Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) was violating state law by refusing to call special elections for two vacant seats in the state legislature, the Republican leader of the state Senate said he would explore changing the law so that Walker did not have to call the elections.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-walker-special-elections-special-legislative-session_us_5ab55df7e4b008c9e5f73366
And Pennsylvania Republicans are going to recall the four Democratic judges on the state supreme court because they lost their right to gerrymander the state and it's all these judges fault, wah wah wah.
DeleteRepublicans are lying Fascist pieces of shit.
These women are cashing in on an opportunity of fame and more fortune.
ReplyDeleteIf their accusations are true (and there is no reason at this point to believe they aren't, lacking provided evidence to date), then what does this prove?
Seems that grown women had affairs with
Donald Trump and, not having kept up with the stories, at least some or all also benefited financially from it of their own free will. Now they are looking for more that opportunity has opened it's doors.
Sorry, but so far this seems like a lot of nothing. Salacious, but this is Trump. Is anyone really surprised? Of course the leftwing blogger world, and CNN which has become the Fox of the left, can't get enough of it. But in the end, doubtful this changes any of Trumps trajectory. Frankly he lives for this kind of stuff.
The dvd. Guarantee it is a big nothing. Attempted hoax, fail, it should be more than obvious to anyone with a brain.
And as far as future elections go, 'it's the economy stupid'.
It's a helluva lot more than the economy, stupid, but you're right about these women. They were more than willing; and now they're bitching about it?
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ReplyDeleteSpeaking of lawsuits:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/federal-lawsuit-against-daily-stormer-publisher-andrew-anglin-moves-forward_us_5ab42758e4b0decad0484c95
"Andrew Anglin, America’s most notorious neo-Nazi troll, can no longer hide from a lawsuit in Montana after the judge in the case determined on Tuesday that a federal court has jurisdiction in the matter.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch found that sufficient evidence exists that Anglin, the publisher of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, had a legal presence in Ohio last April when the lawsuit was filed, and that his court therefore has the authority to hear the case. Lynch’s recommendation can still be reviewed by a district court judge.
For almost a year, Anglin has been on the lam in an attempt to avoid responsibility for urging his readers to direct a “troll storm” of abuse at Tanya Gersh, a Jewish real estate agent in Whitefish, Montana, who had become embroiled in a feud with the mother of Richard Spencer, a prominent white nationalist. Gersh and her family ultimately received more than 700 threatening and harassing communications. With the help of the Southern Poverty Law Center, she sued Anglin last April for invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of “emotional distress” and violating a Montana anti-intimidation law."
Really glad no woman has been president. They’re too emotional. Meanwhile last VP and current president are saying they’d kick each other ass in high school. And more than half of males in the world have gotten in a physical fight.
ReplyDeleteThere is no problem with a woman President. This country is totally fine with the it as long as she fits the bill. Unfortunately for the left, it is more than likely the first woman President will be a republican, more of a Margaret Thatcher.
DeleteOP:"rump has always been able to get away with bullying people with the backing of lawyers who acted as legal thugs on his behalf. In the world of “property development” and licensing his name, this worked.
ReplyDeleteIn the world of the government, and specifically in the world of being in the most watched office in the entire world, Trump cannot get away with the same gangster tactics that have always served him so well. In Trump’s world, he can testify because he has always managed to appear as if he “won” even when he lost. Appearances were everything in Trump’s old world." " Lying about contacts with Russia is so much worse. This President’s private sexual acts speak to his character, ethics, morality, and perhaps failure to live up to the evangelical Christian values he is supposed to represent, but they are not the same thing as willingly accepting the help – and perhaps working with – of a hostile foreign power as it attacks the country he was running to serve as president.
These are much more serious allegations than a blow job."
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/22/305624.html
OT "Formerly a Democrat who gave generously to the party, by the mid-aughts, Paladino became a Republican and an active voice in the Tea Party movement. The real estate developer self-funded a run for New York governor in 2010, with longtime Republican dirty trickster Roger Stone serving as adviser and with anti-Obamaism as his primary platform."
ReplyDelete"hree years after that loss, Paladino ran for and won a seat on Buffalo’s school board. He also became a prolific property developer of charter schools in the area. Adversary offers a look at the inevitable conflict that arises when Paladino, a man prone to belligerent racist outbursts, takes a spot on a board filled with a significant number of women of color in a district that’s 80 percent black and brown students."
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/watch-heres-one-town-got-rid-racist-billionaire-trump-ally/
“I play to people’s fantasies.” "The final key to the way I promote is bravado" in the “Art of the Deal” passage. “That's why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It's an innocent form of exaggeration, and a very effective form of promotion.”"
ReplyDeletehttps://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/23/url-donald-trump-governing-strategy-482342
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/24/how-stormy-daniels-lawyer-michael-avenatti-is-outfoxing-trump-217702
"‘Stormy Will Eat You Alive’: How a Porn Star is Making Trump World’s Lives Hell
ReplyDeleteIn public and on his Twitter feed, President Trump has kept mum about L’affaire Stormy. Behind the scenes, he’s spooked."
"“She is taking him on,” “And it’s going to be her words, if anyone’s, that takes that man down.”"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/stormy-will-eat-you-alive-how-a-porn-star-is-making-trump-worlds-lives-hell?ref=home