# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/481 "2018-04-16T19:04:58Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > After hearing that, I got so excited that I farted. > > ( **No, not really** , but… wow.) Not excited or didn’t fart? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/482 "2018-04-16T19:05:29Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Not excited or didn’t fart? One had nothing to do with the other. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/483 "2018-04-16T19:07:10Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Per a WSJ reporter on Twitter, Michael Cohen’s mystery “third client” is Sean Hannity. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/eorden/status/985953576865366017) I howled. In a good way. I think a special master will be appointed. I feel sorry for whomever it is. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/484 "2018-04-16T19:08:26Z")
The writers for this reality show really pulled off a good episode today. Bravo! …Hannity…!!! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/485 "2018-04-16T19:18:54Z")
They’ve really been keeping the plot moving this past week. Kudos! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/486 "2018-04-16T19:24:54Z")
What did Hannity do that needed the talents of Mr. Fixer? Tune in for our next exciting episode! ---
**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 16, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/487 "2018-04-16T19:36:14Z")
And, in the manner of a true journalist, Hannity has been covering this story for weeks without disclosing that he has a vested interest in it. ---
**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 16, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/488 "2018-04-16T19:58:41Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > What did Hannity do that needed the talents of Mr. Fixer? Tune in for our next exciting episode! > [@Bayard](#): > > And, in the manner of a true journalist, Hannity has been covering this story for weeks without disclosing that he has a vested interest in it. Bad journalist! Mistress spank!! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/489 "2018-04-16T20:12:04Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Bad journalist! Mistress spank!! Who are you calling a ‘journalist’? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/490 "2018-04-16T21:35:24Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > What did Hannity do that needed the talents of Mr. Fixer? Tune in for our next exciting episode! One theory I’ve heard is that this would give Trump and Hannity a third-party communication channel which would be protected by lawyer-client confidentiality. Does that sound possible to you guys? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/491 "2018-04-16T22:34:55Z")
I can’t link to the story, but an Apple News story from CNN has Hannity saying he never paid Cohen as a lawyer, and would just ask legal questions once in a while. I continue to laugh. How does a lawyer not understand a lawyer-client relationship? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/492 "2018-04-16T22:40:34Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I can’t link to the story, but an Apple News story from CNN has Hannity saying he never paid Cohen as a lawyer, and would just ask legal questions once in a while. Or, maybe he did pay him; Hannity can’t keep his own story straight. [From a story in the Washington Post:](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/04/16/the-gaping-hole-in-sean-hannitys-story-about-being-michael-cohens-client/?utm_term=.3c5fdd8b1e71) > [@](#): > > A Fox News spokeswoman did not respond to a Fix inquiry on this point. Instead, the network issued the following statement, attributed to Hannity: “Michael Cohen has never represented me in any matter. I never retained him, received an invoice, or paid legal fees. I have occasionally had brief discussions with him about legal questions about which I wanted his input and perspective. I assumed those conversations were confidential but, to be absolutely clear, they never involved any matter between me and a third party.” > > On the radio, Hannity did not directly address his lack of disclosure but hinted at a possible defense — that he did not consider himself a formal client of Cohen’s. > > That Cohen’s attorneys included Hannity’s name on a list of clients presented in court “just shows that Michael was doing his due diligence and being totally thorough about anybody that he might have had attorney-client privilege with,” Hannity told listeners. > > Hannity made further comments that appear to be somewhat inconsistent with the statement he issued through Fox News. He said that he might have paid Cohen a small fee, after all, and said he did not merely assume that their conversations were privileged but rather sought assurances. > > “I might have handed him 10 bucks [and said,] ‘I definitely want your attorney-client privilege on this,’ ” Hannity said on the radio. “Something like that. I requested that privilege with him when I would ask him: ‘Well, this just came up. What do you think about this? What do you think about that?’ ” ---
**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 16, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/493 "2018-04-16T22:43:22Z")
I’ve heard of $10 hookers before, but never a $10 attorney. ---
**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 16, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/494 "2018-04-16T22:45:22Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > And, in the manner of a true journalist, Hannity has been covering this story for weeks without disclosing that he has a vested interest in it. Hannity as ‘a journalist’… what a bizarre notion. At any rate, his ratings tonight should be the highest they’ve been–maybe _ever_. ---
**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 16, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/495 "2018-04-16T22:49:14Z")
I’m calling that he won’t have his show tonight. (Just to make sure it happens, of course. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/496 "2018-04-16T23:02:34Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’m calling that he won’t have his show tonight. > > (Just to make sure it happens, of course. 😉 ) Maybe they’ll run [a whole hour on sex-crazed pandas](http://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-pandas-fbi-raid-879419) during his slot. ---
**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 16, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/497 "2018-04-16T23:04:30Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’m calling that he won’t have his show tonight. > > (Just to make sure it happens, of course. 😉 ) He’s got enough juice at that network to just run the show without mentioning the issue (or allowing any guest to mention it). I’m guessing he’ll dismiss it with ‘this is nothing, just Them trying to bring down Truth, Justice and the American Way’—and then ignore it for the rest of the show. But we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/498 "2018-04-16T23:19:53Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > And, in the manner of a true journalist, Hannity has been covering this story for weeks without disclosing that he has a vested interest in it. Gaping Hole. GAPING HOLE!! > **[Analysis | The gaping hole in Sean Hannity’s story about being Michael...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/04/16/the-gaping-hole-in-sean-hannitys-story-about-being-michael-cohens-client/?utm_term=.634b7139e55b)** > > As he railed against FBI raids last week, the Fox News host did not disclose that his own communications with Cohen might have been seized. Edit: So who plays Hannity next week on SNL? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/499 "2018-04-16T23:27:52Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > One theory I’ve heard is that this would give Trump and Hannity a third-party communication channel which would be protected by lawyer-client confidentiality. Does that sound possible to you guys? It does to me. All three droolers involved are dumb enough to think they could commit criminal acts so long as they hid behind their thin veneer of “attorney-client privilege.” Hannity was cognizant enough to realize it would look bad for him if this information got out. Otherwise, why hide it? Seems he wasn’t very prepared for it to come out, either, based on his confused reactions to the news. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163/500 "2018-04-16T23:33:27Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Gaping Hole. GAPING HOLE!! Now I’m wondering if that was the title of one of Ms. Daniels’ videos. _ducks and runs_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sued-by-stormy-daniels-over-hush-payment/810163.md?page=26)