# Trump sued by Stormy Daniels over hush payment **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 7, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163 "2018-03-07T02:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/361 "2018-04-09T20:52:09Z")
I read that there was an issue with a cash payment to a porn star. Karma will be one happy lady if trump is torpedoed and sunk by a porn star. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/362 "2018-04-09T21:06:37Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > This…seems significant. I’m trying to keep a level head about things, but this seems real significant. I’m trying to keep a level head about things too. I’m failing. 😃 Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti last week predicted that Trump was setting up Cohen to take the fall, and he questioned whether Cohen had the mettle to take it or if he’d flip. Trump’s probably wishing he’d paid Cohen back that $130K. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/363 "2018-04-09T21:20:01Z")
She just posed nude for Penthouse. Which brings up the question , do people still pay money to see naked women? With all the free porn sites out there? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/364 "2018-04-09T21:54:53Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > This…seems significant. I’m trying to keep a level head about things, but this seems real significant. It’s so significant that we can virtually count on US missiles flying, tonight. Presumably in Syria. But you never know… ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/365 "2018-04-09T22:13:30Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I read that there was an issue with a cash payment to a porn star. Karma will be one happy lady if trump is torpedoed and sunk by a porn star. I feel like if the FBI agent who brought down Nixon was called “Deep Throat”, then Stormy Daniels needs to be termed something like, “[Rule 41](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_41)”. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/366 "2018-04-09T22:14:59Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > It’s so significant that we can virtually count on US missiles flying, tonight. > > Presumably in Syria. But you never know… I’ve personally been tracking the state of things in Syria, but I don’t feel like it’s been big news for most people? I think Trump would need to start talking about nuking China or something, to get noticed over himself anymore. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/367 "2018-04-09T22:17:24Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > It’s so significant that we can virtually count on US missiles flying, tonight. > > Presumably in Syria. But you never know… Bolton certainly started the new job with a target-rich environment - Syria, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Mueller… ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/368 "2018-04-09T23:54:13Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I’ve personally been tracking the state of things in Syria, but I don’t feel like it’s been big news for most people? > > I think Trump would need to start talking about nuking China or something, to get noticed over himself anymore. Well, he may give a lesser (than nuking China, I mean) military action a try, anyway, given that: > [@jasg](#): > > Bolton certainly started the new job with a target-rich environment - Syria, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Mueller… It will be interesting to see, in the aftermath of whatever they do, what proportion of those polled will be buying whatever Trump and Bolton are selling, as far as ‘this had to be done’ is concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/369 "2018-04-10T00:37:35Z")
So, **Sage Rat** , you’re saying that Rule 34 applies to Rule 41? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/370 "2018-04-10T01:31:00Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I feel like if the FBI agent who brought down Nixon was called “Deep Throat”, then Stormy Daniels needs to be termed something like, “[Rule 41](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_41)”. I’m hoping we’ll see Rule .303 applied to someone in Trump’s admin before it’s all over. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Aj8N8Nvv6ys/hqdefault.jpg "303 Law on the velt Breaker Morant") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj8N8Nvv6ys) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/371 "2018-04-10T01:38:09Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I feel like if the FBI agent who brought down Nixon was called “Deep Throat”, then Stormy Daniels needs to be termed something like, “[Rule 41](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_41)”. Wouldn’t she be[Rule 34](http://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/rules-of-the-internet/)? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/372 "2018-04-10T02:13:50Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Wouldn’t she be[Rule 34](http://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/rules-of-the-internet/)? I think we’re getting a whole new rule #45 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/373 "2018-04-10T02:26:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > So, **Sage Rat** , you’re saying that Rule 34 applies to Rule 41? Well, the next cover of the New York Post is this: [http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/382388-new-york-post-cover-after-fbi-raids-trumps-lawyers-office-strip](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/382388-new-york-post-cover-after-fbi-raids-trumps-lawyers-office-strip) So…yes. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/374 "2018-04-10T14:49:42Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > This sketch thing seems like a ridiculous gimmick, a reality TV-level “twist” that is meant to keep the viewer tuned in and talking about this salacious scandal. > > It’s perfect for the Trump presidency. Well, today is supposed to be the day the sketch is released. I’m betting it will look like this: [LunaPic Edit la-na-pol-michael-cohen-fbi-raid-20180409 - Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/fucimb5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/375 "2018-04-10T15:18:41Z")
Trump’s lawyer Cohen went to a really crap law school. I guess maybe he works cheap. [Western Michigan University Cooley Law School - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Michigan_University_Cooley_Law_School) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/376 "2018-04-10T15:22:48Z")
Anyone remember the composite sketch of the Unabomber, that just showed some guy in a hoodie and sunglasses with his face completely hidden? And then when they caught Kaczynsky, the news kept on morphing between his picture and the composite, to show that it looked just like him. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/377 "2018-04-10T16:21:23Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Trump’s lawyer Cohen went to a really crap law school. I guess maybe he works cheap. Who else would work for a client who doesn’t follow advice and doesn’t pay his bills? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/378 "2018-04-10T16:29:49Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Well, today is supposed to be the day the sketch is released. I’m betting it will look like this: [LunaPic Edit la-na-pol-michael-cohen-fbi-raid-20180409 - Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/fucimb5.jpg) Well, damn. No sketch today. > [@Michael Avenatti via Twitter](#): > > Due to the FBI raids of Mr. Cohen’s office/home and a subsequent request we received this morning to delay the release of the forensic sketch of the thug that threatened Ms. Clifford to “leave Trump alone”, we will not be releasing the sketch or reward details today. Timing TBD. > I love one of the comments on that tweet: > [@Twitter user DanJustDan](#): > > I can’t believe I’m watching a drama involving a porn star and what I care about most is the plot. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/379 "2018-04-10T16:33:14Z")
Mothers I’d Love to Forget. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/380 "2018-04-10T16:51:31Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Well, damn. No sketch today. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/983726257148973056) > > I love one of the comments on that tweet: Lol, I gained five new followers for my reply to that comment (the raccoon picture). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163.md?page=20)