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<p>Adult film star<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/porn-star-who-alleged-trump-sexual-encounter-i-can-now-n848061"> Stormy Daniels</a> is suing President Donald Trump, alleging that he never signed the nondisclosure agreement that his lawyer had arranged with her to keep her quiet about their rumored sexual relationship. According to the lawsuit, Trump&#39;s attorney, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-s-lawyer-michael-cohen-says-he-paid-stormy-daniels-n847866">Michael Cohen</a>, signed the papers, but Trump never did.</p><p>No, this is not an over-the-top soap opera plot. This is our democracy!</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Somewhere a bald eagle is crying right now." data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" height="492" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-2-J4GV6J.gif" width="640" /></div> <figcaption>Somewhere a bald eagle is crying right now.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>On Tuesday, Stephanie Clifford, known professionally as <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/stormy-daniels-evades-questions-alleged-trump-affair-n841191">Stormy Daniels</a>, filed the civil suit in the Los Angeles Superior Court. The documents show the &quot;hush agreement&quot; was signed by Daniels and Cohen on October 28, 2016, just days before the 2016 presidential election. The blank where Donald Trump was intended to sign was left empty.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/971186073517940737</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The agreement, which dictates that Daniels would be paid $130,000 to keep her relationship with then-candidate Trump a secret, has Daniels under the pseudonym &quot;Peggy Peterson.&quot; Donald Trump was listed as &quot;David Dennison.&quot;</p><p>According the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-claims-he-was-right-about-crimes-caused-immigrants-sweden-n854296"><i>NBC News</i></a>, the agreement states that Daniels is &quot;not to disclose any confidential information about Trump or his sexual partners to anyone beyond a short list of individuals she&#39;d already told about the relationship, or share any texts or photos from Trump.&quot;</p><p>Soooooo she has texts and/or photos from Trump?</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" height="199" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-1-X4BzAE.gif" width="296" /></div><div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>I would say this this would make for an interesting morning briefing, but the President <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/02/09/trumps-schedule-shows-that-his-daily-briefing-was-only-daily-in-three-weeks-of-his-presidency/?utm_term=.9d78d9268867">doesn&#39;t do those.</a></p><p>Anyway, now that this document may be invalid, that means that Daniels would be able to share her story.</p><p>&quot;She believes it&#39;s important that the public learn the truth about what happened,&quot; said Michael Avenatti, Daniels&#39; attorney on <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/stormy-daniels-sues-trump-says-hush-agreement-invalid-because-he-n854246"><em>Today</em></a> on Tuesday. &quot;I think it&#39;s time for her to tell her story and for the public to decide who is telling the truth.&quot;</p><p>Buckle up, folks. Things are about to get interesting.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

The President was just sued by a porn star, so that's where we are at right now.

April Lavalle

Adult film star Stormy Daniels is suing President Donald Trump, alleging that he never signed the nondisclosure agreement that his lawyer had arranged with her to keep her quiet about their rumored sexual relationship. According to the lawsuit, Trump&#39;s attorney, Michael Cohen, signed the papers, but Trump never did.No, this is not an over-the-top soap opera plot. This is our democracy! Somewhere a bald eagle is crying right now. giphyOn Tuesday, Stephanie Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, filed the civil suit in the Los Angeles Superior Court. The documents show the &quot;hush agreement&quot; was signed by Daniels and Cohen on October 28, 2016, just days before the 2016 presidential election. The blank where Donald Trump was intended to sign was left empty.https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/971186073517940737The agreement, which dictates that Daniels would be paid $130,000 to keep her relationship with then-candidate Trump a secret, has Daniels under the pseudonym &quot;Peggy Peterson.&quot; Donald Trump was listed as &quot;David Dennison.&quot;According the NBC News, the agreement states that Daniels is &quot;not to disclose any confidential information about Trump or his sexual partners to anyone beyond a short list of individuals she&#39;d already told about the relationship, or share any texts or photos from Trump.&quot;Soooooo she has texts and/or photos from Trump?giphyI would say this this would make for an interesting morning briefing, but the President doesn&#39;t do those.Anyway, now that this document may be invalid, that means that Daniels would be able to share her story.&quot;She believes it&#39;s important that the public learn the truth about what happened,&quot; said Michael Avenatti, Daniels&#39; attorney on Today on Tuesday. &quot;I think it&#39;s time for her to tell her story and for the public to decide who is telling the truth.&quot;Buckle up, folks. Things are about to get interesting.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels is suing President Donald Trump, alleging that he never signed the nondisclosure agreement that his lawyer had arranged with her to keep her quiet about their rumored sexual relationship. According to the...