Trump says 'much of the Stormy Daniels stuff' a 'political hoax', ally says: 'Those were his words'

[jpak]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-stormy-daniels-stuff-political-hoax-ally-words/story?id=54000127

President Donald Trump has referred to stories around his alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels as a 'political hoax,' a friend of the president said.

Chris Ruddy, an ABC News contributor and the founder and CEO of news and opinion site Newsmax who said he spoke to the president yesterday, told ABC News “This Week” Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday that Trump "said he thought that, that much of the Stormy Daniels stuff was a political hoax.”

“Again, those were his words,” Ruddy said.

Stormy Daniels is the professional name of adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford, who filed a lawsuit against President Trump in early March seeking to nullify a non-disclosure agreement she signed less than two weeks before the 2016 presidential election. The suit claims the contract is void because it lacked Trump’s signature.

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[Jarqui]

1. What a stupid man. A response like that is just what Stormy's lawyer was baiting him for

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. The question is what is he afraid of? We know his supporters will like him MORE if

she says he cheated on his wife or raped her, you know because that makes him a "strong" man.

So what can hurt him?

Does Melania have all of his crimes in her diary and is he afraid she will "go off" after it all comes out?

[madaboutharry]

3. He is a fool with zero self discipline.

If he puts that out in a tweet, Avenatti is going to start posting bits of that DVD he has locked up in his safe.

[workinclasszero]

4. Boy is he stupid or what?

Produce the DVD Stormy! then

[Blue_true]

5. Worth a lot of money to Clifford and her lawyer to dribble out the DVD.

They ca literally stretch it to as many parts that they want and charge $1 million per part. They have the orange fool on a hook that he won't be able to get off.