The adult-film star spoke to Manhattan prosecutors investigating hush money payments made to Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.
[said](https://twitter.com/AP/status/1636113800159178752). This is about holding accountability, truth to power and everything in between.” [Joe Tacopina](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/joe-tacopina-donald-trumps-lawyer-vs-e-jean-carroll.html), one of Trump’s lawyers, took aim at the credibility of Cohen, who would likely be a witness in a trial. [Michael Cohen](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/cohen-to-testify-before-grand-jury-over-trump-hush-money.html), Trump’s former lawyer, arranged the deal in the waning weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign. Cohen has personally met with prosecutors several times and testified before a grand jury twice this week. “Stormy responded to questions and has agreed to make herself available as a witness, or for further inquiry if needed,” he said, suggesting that Daniels has not testified before the grand jury weighing whether to indict the former president. [investigating](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/manhattan-da-bragg-reportedly-probing-trump-stormy-daniels.html) the extent of Trump’s involvement in a $130,000 payment made to Daniels, an adult-film star, in exchange for her silence about an affair she alleges she had with Trump in the early 2000s.
The former president is accused of organizing a $130000 payment to Daniels to keep an alleged affair the pair had secret prior to the 2016 election.
[Stormy Daniels](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/stormy-daniels) as she met with prosecutors as part of the investigation into hush money paid to her. "Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. In December 2022, he was sentenced to 14 years in jail after pleading guilty to embezzling millions of dollars from four of his clients. "Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present your president. Cohen also appeared for his final day of testimony on Wednesday. "I did NOTHING wrong in the 'Horseface' case.
In a bit of a surprise, Stormy Daniels met with prosecutors in the Donald Trump hush money case. The former president didn't take the news especially well.
I haven’t seen or spoken to her since I took a picture with her on a golf course, in full golf gear including a hat, close to 18 years ago. For another, this was not a publicity stunt: Daniels’ lawyer I see she showed up in New York today trying to drum up some publicity for herself. ... Daniels met with and answered questions from Manhattan prosecutors and is willing to be a witness, her attorney, Clark Brewster, tweeted. Porn actor Stormy Daniels met Wednesday with prosecutors who are investigating hush money paid to her on former President Donald Trump’s behalf, her lawyer said Wednesday. As a grand jury hears testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money scandal, the expectation was that yesterday’s most notable witness would be Michael Cohen.
Daniels' attorney confirmed her Wednesday meeting with the office in the investigation that could lead to the first criminal charges ever against a former ...
[but declined](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/03/13/Trump-grand-jury-Stormy-Daniels-Michael-Cohen/5841678727501/) through his current attorney. Cohen, who earned the reputation of Trump's "fixer" during his time as his personal attorney, served [after his grand jury testimony](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/15/stormy-daniels-meets-prosecutors-hush-money-probe/11479182002/).
Adult film star Stormy Daniels, who alleged she had an affair with former President Donald Trump, met Wednesday with the investigators from the Manhattan.
Cohen’s testimony came about a week after the Manhattan prosecutor invited Trump to appear before the grand jury; however, according to his attorney Joseph Tacopina, it is ‘an offer he will not accept … Cohen went to prison for campaign finance violations stemming from the payment to Daniels, and testified for a second time Wednesday before a grand jury investigating the matter. Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s then-attorney, paid $130,000 to Daniels in the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign, for her silence about the alleged affair.
NEW YORK — Porn actor Stormy Daniels met Wednesday with prosecutors who are investigating hush money paid to her on former President Donald Trump's behalf, ...
Daniels and the lawyers who helped arrange the payment have denied extorting anyone. The former president's current lawyer said Trump was invited to testify before the grand jury but has no plans to do so. Daniels has said she had a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump that she didn't want, but didn't say no to. The adult film actor tweeted her thanks to him for “helping me in our continuing fight for truth and justice.” Cohen made the payment and arranged another payout to a different woman — at Trump's direction, he says. Later Wednesday, Cohen emerged from what he expected to be his final day of testimony.
International, MNA | United States prosecutors met Stormy Daniels on Wednesday as they decide whether to charge ex-president Donald Trump over hush money ...
The payment, if not properly accounted for, could result in a misdemeanor charge related to falsifying of business records. which took place a long time ago.” It was not immediately clear if he was admitting that the payment had been made. The grand jury in that case has recommended multiple indictments, the forewoman revealed last month.
Adult film star Stormy Daniels, who alleged she had an affair with former President Donald Trump, met Wednesday with the investigators from the Manhattan ...
Cohen’s testimony came about a week after the Manhattan prosecutor invited Trump to appear before the grand jury; however, according to his attorney Joseph Tacopina, it is ‘an offer he will not accept … Cohen went to prison for campaign finance violations stemming from the payment to Daniels, and testified for a second time Wednesday before a grand jury investigating the matter. Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s then-attorney, paid $130,000 to Daniels in the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign, for her silence about the alleged affair.
The porn actor at the center of the Manhattan district attorney's criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump spoke Wednesday to prosecutors as ...
Trump has denied the Daniels affair. Earlier this week, the grand jury examining evidence in the inquiry heard from Trump’s one-time attorney Michael Cohen, he confirmed to POLITICO. Cohen facilitated the payment to Daniels and has said in court that he paid hush money to Trump’s accuser “in coordination with and at the direction of” the former president.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's team may not need her testimony to indict Donald Trump, but they need to know what she'd say at trial.
But if Trump is indicted, take it as a sign that the meeting gave Bragg the confidence to proceed — or at least didn’t deter him. Nonetheless, even if Manhattan prosecutors don’t call Daniels to testify before the grand jury, they’d still want to know what she’d say at trial if called to the stand there. After all, we were focused on key witness [Michael Cohen](https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/michael-cohen-testimony-trump-manhattan-grand-jury-rcna75076)’s second and perhaps final day of testimony in the hush money investigation. Remember, whether she actually had sex with Trump (which he denies) is not a legal element of the crime of That is, it’s not about the alleged affair exactly, or even paying hush money, which isn’t itself illegal. Don’t they have to put her before the grand jury?
The porn star met with Manhattan prosecutors, and Donald Trump's former fixer testified behind closed doors before a grand jury investigating the ...