# Has anyone ever asked Trump about Stormy Daniels? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 24, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-asked-trump-about-stormy-daniels/981606 "2023-03-24T19:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-asked-trump-about-stormy-daniels/981606/1 "2023-03-24T19:54:29Z")
Has there ever been any interview, on video or in print, where someone asked Donald Trump if he ever had sex with Stormy Daniels? It seems inconceivable to me that no one has ever asked him this, yet I can’t find a single interview where the subject is raised. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-asked-trump-about-stormy-daniels/981606/2 "2023-03-24T21:29:46Z")
I saw a video interview when he was on Air Force One where he was asked by a reporter if he paid Stormy Daniels her to keep her quiet, and he flatly denied he did. Here’s the [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE2XHYxkJgw). The question comes at about 20 seconds in. That’s not what you’re asking, but it’s close. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-asked-trump-about-stormy-daniels/981606/3 "2023-03-24T23:44:54Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > he was asked by a reporter if he paid Stormy Daniels her to keep her quiet, and he flatly denied he did. That was April of 2018. In May, he provided the following explanation (including a denial of an affair) via Tweet > [@](#): > > Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. These agreements are… > > very common among celebrities and people of wealth. In this case it is in full force and effect and will be used in Arbitration for damages against Ms. Clifford (Daniels). The agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair, > > …despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair. Prior to its violation by Ms. Clifford and her attorney, this was a private agreement. Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction. > **[Trump Admits To Authorizing Stormy Daniels Payoff, Denies Sexual Encounter](https://www.npr.org/2018/05/02/607943366/giuliani-says-trump-did-know-about-stormy-daniels-payment)** > > In a Fox News interview, the former New York mayor turned presidential lawyer appeared to contradict the president's claims not to have known about the 2016 payment. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-asked-trump-about-stormy-daniels/981606/4 "2023-03-24T23:53:43Z")
Trump also made the following post on Truth Social in January of 2023. Stormy Daniels later took it as an admission by Donald that they, indeed, had a sexual encounter. > [@](#): > > With respect to the “Stormy” nonsense, it is VERY OLD & happened a long time ago, long past the very publicly known & accepted deadline of the Statute of Limitations. I placed full Reliance on the JUDGEMENT & ADVICE OF COUNCIL, who I had every reason to believe had a license to practice law, was competent, & was able to appropriately provide solid legal services. He came from a good law firm, represented other clients over the years, & there was NO reason not to rely on him, and I did. > **[Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109784174297062266)** > > Truth Social is America's "Big Tent" social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating on the basis of political ideology. > **[Stormy Daniels thanks Trump for “admitting that I was telling the truth” in...](https://www.salon.com/2023/02/01/stormy-daniels-thanks-for-admitting-that-i-was-telling-the-truth-in-truth-social-rant/)** > > "It is VERY OLD & happened a long time ago," Trump declared. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-asked-trump-about-stormy-daniels/981606/5 "2023-03-25T01:07:05Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > > [@dolphinboy](#): > > > > he was asked by a reporter if he paid Stormy Daniels her to keep her quiet, and he flatly denied he did. > > That was April of 2018. In May, he provided the following explanation (including a denial of an affair) via Tweet > > > [@](#): > > > > …Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction. But was there a transaction for a roll? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-asked-trump-about-stormy-daniels/981606/6 "2023-03-25T02:35:33Z")
And he got advice from a council. ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_Vaughan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/francis_vaughan/32/3093_2.png) [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-asked-trump-about-stormy-daniels/981606/7 "2023-03-25T03:53:55Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > With respect to the “Stormy” nonsense, it is VERY OLD & happened a long time ago, long past the very publicly known & accepted deadline of the Statute of Limitations. So, the literal reading is that “it” happened over seven years prior to either now - so “long past” prior to 2016, or over even seven years prior to the 2016 payment, so 2009. Either way, the “it” isn’t the payment. Trump loves to add as many copies of the word “very” as he can manage into any statement. So we might discount that as just hyperbole. But the statement is pretty hard to parse as anything but an admission. YMMV. And quite why he is mentioning the Statute of Limitations is just pain weird. As if it is some sort of get out of jail card for past actions. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-asked-trump-about-stormy-daniels/981606/8 "2023-03-25T12:14:33Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > That was April of 2018. In May, he provided the following explanation (including a denial of an affair) via Tweet No way in hell did HE write that. ---
**Author:** ![Yelnick\_McWawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-asked-trump-about-stormy-daniels/981606/9 "2023-03-27T00:41:27Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > Has there ever been any interview, on video or in print, where someone asked Donald Trump if he ever had sex with Stormy Daniels? “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinski” Why bother. Presidents lie when asked about their sex life.