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January 16, 2018

Report: Trump Lawyers Paid to Silence Ex-Porn Star About Sexual Encounter with Trump
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The Wall Street Journal has reported President Trump's lawyers
reportedly paid $130,000 to a former porn star to keep her from going
public about her sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006. The money
was reportedly paid to Stephanie Clifford, known as Stormy Daniels, in
October 2016, only a month before the general election. The sexual
encounter allegedly occurred shortly after President Trump married his
wife, Melania, and while she was pregnant with their son, Barron.

Meanwhile, a former Playboy model named Karen Mc Dougal says she also
had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006. She reportedly sold the
exclusive rights to the story to the National Enquirer for $150,000
shortly before the presidential election. The Enquirer never ran the
story. The CEO of the newspaper's parent company is a close friend of
President Trump.


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