In a new documentary titled “Stormy,” adult film star Stormy Daniels reveals that she accepted hush money from then-candidate Donald Trump as a precautionary measure to create evidence that would deter any potential harm to her life.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, recounts feeling “fucking terrified” when she was approached about accepting the payment after the release of the Access Hollywood tape, where Trump made lewd and vulgar remarks.
She explains how a friend warned her about potential danger, emphasizing that she had become a problem for the Republican Party and that they had a history of making their problems disappear. Daniels describes her relief when offered the chance to keep the story quiet by Gina, presumably referring to an intermediary.
For Daniels, accepting the money was not just about protecting her reputation or privacy but also about ensuring her safety and that of her family. She feared repercussions and potential harm, acknowledging the risk of being “suspiciously killed for political reasons.”
Ultimately, Daniels saw the payment as a means to establish a paper trail and money trail connecting her to Trump, making it more difficult for him to harm her. She reveals that she simply had to sign a piece of paper and collect $130,000 to secure this protection.
STORMY DANIELS: My friend was like, you might actually have a problem. I don’t want to scare you, but based on the things you’ve told me. Now. You’re the whole Republican Party’s problem. And they like to make their problems go away.
NEWS ANCHOR: A recording of Donald Trump made more than a decade ago has surfaced. It is lewd, it is vulgar. And we caution you you won’t want young children to hear it.
DONALD TRUMP: I’m automatically attracted to beautiful. I just don’t kissing them. It’s like a magnet. I don’t even know where and when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.
BILLY BUSH: Whatever you want.
DONALD TRUMP: Grab ’em by the pussy.
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STORMY DANIELS: I was very relieved when Gina started reaching out and offering me the chance to keep it quiet. I was fucking terrified!
I mean, people have been suspiciously killed for political reasons.
It was really about two things: trying to keep the story from coming out so that it would not hurt my husband and my daughter, and I wouldn’t lose my life, and that there would be a paper trail and money trail linking me to Donald Trump so that he could not have me killed.
All I had to do was sign this piece of paper and collect $130,000.
