{"id":2051,"date":"2023-03-16T14:48:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2023-03-16T14:48:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:48:13","slug":"stormy-daniels-speaks-to-manhattan-da-in-trump-payment-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2051","title":{"rendered":"Stormy Daniels speaks to Manhattan DA in Trump payment probe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DA is investigating a 2016 hush money payment made to the adult film star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/video\/embed?id=97902829\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/video\/embed?id=97902829\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stormy Daniels met with prosecutors Wednesday at the request of the Manhattan district attorney&#8217;s office, her attorney said in a tweet, as the office&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/manhattan-da-invites-trump-testify-grand-jury-probe\/story?id=97755089\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continues its ongoing criminal investigation<\/a>&nbsp;into former President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/alerts\/donald-trump\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/a>&nbsp;role in a hush money payment made to Daniels near the end of the 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Stormy responded to questions and has agreed to make herself available as a witness, or for further inquiry if needed,&#8221; her attorney, Clark Brewster, wrote in the tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniels met with prosecutors over Zoom, said a source familiar with the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-62.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2052\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-62.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-62.png 992w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-62-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-62-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-62-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-62-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this May 11, 2022, file photo, Stormy Daniels attends a premiere in Los Angeles.<br>Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images, FILE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Cohen, Trump&#8217;s former personal attorney, paid $130,000 to Daniels in the closing days of the 2016 presidential campaign to allegedly\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/trump-defends-130k-reimbursement-stormy-daniels-payment-common\/story?id=54904446\" target=\"_blank\">keep her quiet<\/a>\u00a0about an affair she claimed to have had with Trump. The former president has denied the affair and his attorneys have framed the funds as an\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/trump-plans-participate-manhattan-grand-jury-probe-attorney\/story?id=97821858\" target=\"_blank\">extortion payment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/trump-plans-participate-manhattan-grand-jury-probe-attorney\/story?id=97821858\">MORE: Trump has &#8216;no plans&#8217; to participate in Manhattan grand jury probe, attorney says<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is mulling&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/manhattan-da-invites-trump-testify-grand-jury-probe\/story?id=97755089\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">whether to charge<\/a>&nbsp;Trump with falsifying business records, after the Trump Organization allegedly reimbursed Cohen for the payment then logged the reimbursement as a legal expense, sources have told ABC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Thank you to my amazing attorney &#8230; for helping me in our continuing fight for truth and justice,&#8221; Daniels wrote in a tweet Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/stormy-daniels-speaks-manhattan-da-trump-payment-probe\/story?id=97888901\">https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/stormy-daniels-speaks-manhattan-da-trump-payment-probe\/story?id=97888901<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DA is investigating a 2016 hush money payment made to the adult film star. Stormy Daniels met with prosecutors Wednesday at the request of the Manhattan district attorney&#8217;s office, her attorney said in a tweet, as the office&nbsp;continues its ongoing criminal investigation&nbsp;into former President&nbsp;Donald Trump&#8217;s&nbsp;role in a hush money payment made to Daniels near the end of the 2016 presidential campaign. &#8220;Stormy responded to questions and has agreed to make herself available as a witness, or for further inquiry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trump"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2053,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions\/2053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}