By Katha Pollitt
...No, says my aunt, (click here) it’s not the sex that will bring him down; it’s the nondisclosure agreement, sealed with a $130,000 payment apparently made by Trump’s hapless lawyer Michael Cohen, which could be seen as an illegal campaign contribution. Trump’s fans wouldn’t care about that either, of course. They already know he’s dishonest, or else they’ve persuaded themselves that God is using Trump as His instrument, just like King David, and so He can’t be expected to observe the niceties of federal election law....
I mean let's face it, Trump said it himself, "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it, you can do anything... grab them by the pussy."
There is absolutely no reason to doubt any of these women.
Look, Ms. Daniels was willing to refuse any monies at all from a non-disclosure agreement and rescind a non-disclosure agreement Trump never signed. That is a far better position for Trump than insisting there was a non-disclosure agreement that he never signed.
WHERE IS THE MAN THAT ASSAULTED MS. DANIELS when she was in a parking lot with her child? Those threatening statements are real and there is someone responsible for them. Where is he?
This is real simple. Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against Ms. Daniels for $20 million. He admits there was a non-disclosure agreement. He admitted it in the lawsuit he filed. Did he sign that or is it another imagineering issue. Don't tell me he never had an affair because there was no reason for the non-disclosure agreement. The idea women can come forward and state they had an affair with Trump while he has a PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP with another woman over the years; is a very strong position for the women.
We know when Ms. Daniels was approached by Cohen to shut her up and that was while Trump was running for president. There is a strong case against Trump as violating election laws. End of discussion. There is absolute proof Ms. Daniels was paid a great deal of money by Michael Cohen on behalf of Donald Trump because of an illicit affair while Mr. Trump was married. It doesn't matter if Trump denies it. The non-disclosure agreement stands, hence, he violated election laws in the USA. There isn't anything else to know. Why hasn't Trump been served for his criminal activity as a candidate for President? There is statue that applies to sitting presidents and their previous offenses against women. Where are the papers served to Trump regarding his criminal activity previous to the election?
Ms. Daniels story still stands with other women to testify to the same treatment by "The Don." Enough said. The $20 million lawsuit is a frivolous lawsuit to try to portray Trump as an innocent man victimized by women. Nonsense. His flamboyant life of pussy grabbing, voyeurism at the Miss Teen and Miss USA pageants proves he has no scruples. None. His public image came before any other aspect of his life and it still does. He ruthlessly carried out inspection of women at the pageants to be sure his image would be intact. The women and girls never bargained for that and were alarmed when it occurred. We know the winners of the pageants were approved by Trump. Fraud.
The country needs to be grateful to these women and their attorneys current and past, otherwise this may have never surfaced and the country would be left in the dark about a man without scruples now residing in the White House. There is at least one woman hurt by threats of death ("...It would be a shame for her to grow up without a mother....") and between the non-disclosure agreements which was signed to protect her life and the threats, that is racketeering and Ms. Daniels cannot be held responsible for desperate actions to finally be out from under a criminal and a sex criminal at that.
This is NOT going away.
The real question is not whether Ms. Daniels attorney is competent, it is the power leveraged against her by Cohen that is under criminal intent.
Cohen is not the first Trump lawyer that operates above the law, "I am not going to cooperate with the Mueller investigation." Please. This is about as bad a character as a president can get when it comes to conduct and regard for "The Rule of Law." Where is the US Justice Department when the country needs him, still chasing potheads?
