Stormy Daniels meets with Manhattan prosecutors amid Trump probe

Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who has alleged that she had an affair with former President Donald Trump, met with investigators from the Manhattan district attorney’s office on Wednesday to investigate Trump’s alleged ” are investigating the payment of “hush money”.

Clark Brewster, Daniels’ attorney, said the meeting took place Wednesday and was at the request of prosecutors.

“Stormy answered questions and agreed to make himself available as a witness or for further investigation if needed,” Brewster said. wrote On Twitter

In yourself TweetDaniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, thanked her attorney for “supporting me in our continued fight for truth and justice.”

In the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign, Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s then-attorney, paid Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about the alleged affair. Cohen went to prison for campaign finance violations stemming from the payment to Daniels, and Testified a second time. Wednesday before a grand jury investigating the case.

Trump has denied having sex with Daniels and has said he did nothing wrong. He called the case a “political witch hunt” and an “old and reprehensible case, rejected by every prosecutor’s office.”

Cohen’s testimony came nearly a week after Manhattan prosecutors invited Trump to appear before a grand jury, an offer he would not accept, according to his lawyer Joseph Tacopena. A call to testify often precedes an indictment in New York.

“We, and most election law experts, believe that [the case] Absolutely no legal merit,” Tacopina said Monday.