The White House was asked today about last night’s interview about the alleged Stormy Daniels affair with Trump:
FOX NEWS – The White House said Monday that President Trump didn’t believe the claims made by Stormy Daniels in her “60 Minutes” interview were “accurate,” and blasted the adult-film star for being “inconsistent.”
White House Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah said the president repeatedly has denied having an affair with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, and questioned the accuracy of her statements made.
“The president doesn’t believe any of the claims Ms. Daniels made in the interview last night were accurate,” Shah said during the White House press briefing.
“The president has strongly, clearly and consistently denied these claims. The only one who’s been inconsistent is the one making the claims,” Shah told reporters.
Daniels also claimed on “60 Minutes” that she was threatened by a man who approached her in a Las Vegas parking lot after she sold her story about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump.
“I was in a parking lot going to a fitness class with my infant daughter and a guy walked up on me and said to me, ‘Leave Trump alone. Forget the story,’” Daniels said in the interview. “And he leaned round and looked at my daughter and said, ‘That’s a beautiful little girl. It would be a shame if something happened to her mom.’”
The White House denied the president’s involvement in the alleged incident.
“He just doesn’t believe [the claim],” Shah said. “There is nothing to corroborate her claim.”
In terms of Daniels’ “inconsistency,” Shah was referring to a statement signed by the adult film star in January, denying any type of sexual or romantic affair.
In recent months, though, Daniels’ position has shifted. On “60 Minutes,” when asked why she signed that statement if she knew it was false, Daniels said she felt intimidated.
When asked about the so-called “hush payment” made by Trump Organization attorney Michael Cohen, the White House directed reporter questions to Cohen.
“False charges are settled out of court all the time and this is nothing outside the ordinary,” Shah said Monday.
Of course Trump is going to deny all of this, but it is true that Stormy and her lawyer’s credibility has been into question after last night’s disappointing interview.
Here’s Morning Joe this morning talking about how Daniels just doesn’t seem credible. They also gave CNN’s Anderson Cooper a hard time for not pressing Stormy on who threatened her (note: this is the correct video even though the preview image is misleading):
As Turley points out, that’s not to say it didn’t happen. In fact I totally believe it did happen. But it was also clear to me that her lawyer was overhyping the mess out of this interview last week. So I’m not surprised that people are so disappointed by it considering she didn’t really deliver.