Report: Trump lawyer brokered $130 000 payment to porn star
WASHINGTON (AP) â President Donald Trump's personal lawyer brokered a $130 000 payment to a porn actress to prevent her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with  Trump   according to a report Friday in The Wall Street Journal.
 Trump  met Stephanie Clifford  whose goes by the name Stormy Daniels in films  at a golf event in 2006 â a year after  Trump 's marriage to  his  wife  Melania. According to the Journal's report  Clifford began talking with ABC News in the fall of 2016 for a story involving an alleged relationship with  Trump   but reached a $130 000 deal a month before the election  which prevented  her  from going public.
 Trump 's longtime attorney Michael Cohen arranged for the payment through Clifford's lawyer  Keith Davidson  the Journal reported.
Clifford had also been in discussions with the online magazine Slate  The New York Times reported Friday. Jacob Weisberg  editor-in-chief of the Slate Group  told the Times that Clifford had told him she had an affair with  Trump .
In a statement to the Journal  Cohen did not address his role in negotiating the supposed payment but said  Trump  denies any such relationship with Clifford. Clifford has previously denied an alleged relationship with  Trump . Cohen also sent the Journal a statement â signed by "Stormy Daniels" â in which the actress denied receiving "hush money" from  Trump .
Just days before the 2016 election  the Journal published a story stating that the National Enquirer â run by David Pecker  a fervid supporter of  Trump  â had paid $150 000 to silence former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal about a sexual relationship she allegedly had with  Trump  a decade ago.
[TGT]  brokered a $130 000 payment to a porn actress to prevent  [TGT]  from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with   [TGT]    according to a report Friday in The Wall Street Journal.
  [TGT] met Stephanie Clifford  whose goes by the name Stormy Daniels in films  at a golf event in 2006 â a year after  Trump 's marriage to  his  wife  Melania. According to the Journal's report  Clifford began talking with ABC News in the fall of 2016 for a story involving an alleged relationship with   [TGT]    but reached a $130 000 deal a month before the election  which prevented  her  from going public.
  [TGT]  's longtime attorney Michael Cohen arranged for the payment through Clifford's lawyer  Keith Davidson  the Journal reported.
Clifford had also been in discussions with the online magazine Slate  The New York Times reported Friday. Jacob Weisberg  editor-in-chief of the Slate Group  told the Times that Clifford had told him she had an affair with  [TGT]  .
In a statement to the Journal  Cohen did not address his role in negotiating the supposed payment but said   [TGT]   denies any such relationship with Clifford. Clifford has previously denied an alleged relationship with   [TGT]  . Cohen also sent the Journal a statement â signed by "Stormy Daniels" â in which the actress denied receiving "hush money" from  Trump .
Just days before the 2016 election  the Journal published a story stating that the National Enquirer â run by David Pecker  a fervid supporter of  Trump  â had paid $150 000 to silence former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal about a sexual relationship she allegedly had with  Trump  a decade ago.