Trump’s romp with Stormy Daniels produced a slew of losers

Donald Trump tends to cause collateral damage — and his relationship with Stormy Daniels was no different. Somehow, his very quick romp with the porn star in 2006 tarnished the reputations of a whole host of characters who weren’t even in the room. Here are just some of the biggest losers:

Trump’s once-loyal fixer played Bagman in the Stormy Daniels affair and wired her lawyer $130,000 in 2016 to buy her silence – and he paid the price. In 2018, he pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws, along with a variety of other felonies unrelated to Daniels, and was sentenced to three years in prison.

“The irony is that today is the day I get my freedom back,” Cohen told the judge at his sentencing, hurt by the fact that Trump had not returned his loyalty and actually tried to scrutinize his “fixer.” to take the proverbial bus. But now it’s Cohen who has the last laugh; He testified before the Manhattan grand jury, which returned the indictment against his old boss.

The supermarket tabloid, which has never been a paragon of journalistic ethics, saw its reputation sink further when its editor, David Pecker, was forced to admit he had paid hush money to Daniels and another alleged Trump mistress, Karen McDougal, to silence them bring.

As part of the catch-and-kill program coordinated with the Trump campaign, American Media Inc. bought the exclusive rights to the women’s stories in order to bury them, not publish them. AMI acknowledged that it violated campaign finance laws – by essentially making an unreported donation in kind – and paid a $187,500 fine.

The revelation that the hush money to Daniels went through a secret company set up by Cohen, Essential Consultants, caused a public relations nightmare for several companies, which also turned out to be feeding Cohen money. AT&T and Novartis sent him $200,000 and $400,000, respectively, although his only role at the time was solving problems and serving as Trump’s gatekeeper.

(Another party that funneled money — $500,000 — to Essential Consultants was a company controlled by Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, who was being questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators in connection with the probe into Russian election interference. ‘

Avenatti’s representation of Daniels established him as a staple on cable news, a household name and a guy who kind of thought he could be president. But it also made him something else: a convicted felon. The more famous Avenatti became, the more his past came back to bite him.

By 2020, he was accused of blackmailing Nike and defrauding customers, including Daniels – whose signature he forged to instruct her book money to be sent to him. He spent Stormy’s money, lied about it, was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison, in addition to a 14-year sentence, in connection with cheating on his other clients.

Daniels’ July 2018 performance at the Ohio capital’s Sirens strip club took an unexpected turn when she was arrested and accused of fondling undercover officers. The three misdemeanor charges were dropped within 12 hours because she was found to have broken no laws, but the fallout continued.

Two deputy officers, Steve Rosser and Whitney Lancaster, were placed on modified duties and later fired after police officers found the operation did not follow standard procedures and that one of the officers had allegedly lied about why they were at Sirens that night (allegedly to search). targeting an underage dancer named Pearl rather than the famous adult performer whose allegations had endangered the President).

Additionally, Daniels sued the City of Columbus for their wrongful arrest for being politically motivated, and the case was settled for $450,000. Try incorporating this into a g-string.