‘I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels, nor would I ever have wanted to,’ the statement reads
A statement credited to Donald Trump boasts that a court ruling in a defamation case filed against him in 2018 is a “complete victory and vindication” that makes clear he never had an affair with porn star Stormy Daniels. Daniels and Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen are accusing “the defeated former guy” of once again claiming a false victory. A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Daniels must pay Trump’s legal fees resulting from a defamation case the adult entertainer unsuccessfully filed and appealed against the former president. “As I have stated many times throughout the years, I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels, nor would I ever have wanted to,” reads that statement. “The ruling was a total and complete victory and vindication for, and of me.” Trump’s alleged claim was posted online by surrogates who began spreading his messaging after he was banned from Twitter following the Jan.6 insurrection. Trump’s former lawyer Cohen — who testified that he personally arranged for his former boss to pay for Daniels’ silence leading up to the 2016 election — tweeted the court’s $300,000 ruling does not at all conclude the tryst between Trump and Daniels didn’t happen. “The defeated former guys’ statement has absolutely nothing to do with the well established fact that he did have an affair with @StormyDaniels… it’s not even what the case is about,” Cohen tweeted.
