Stormy Daniels' attorney says Trump knew about hush money paid to porn star
WASHINGTON — The attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels said Wednesday that President Trump knew about hush money paid right before the 2016 election to keep her silence about their sexual relationship.
“There’s no question the president knew about it at the time,” attorney Michael Avenatti said on NBC’s Today show.
Avenatti spoke the morning after Daniels sued Trump in Los Angeles Superior Court, saying a non-disclosure agreement about their “intimate” relationship is invalid because the then-New York businessman never signed it.
Daniels at one time denied receiving $130,000 in hush money; her lawyer called that a “false statement” during his NBC interview, and said his client had been forced to sign the non-disclosure agreement.