Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal

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The Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal centers on allegations that Donald Trump had an affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels and then arranged a hush-money payment to conceal it during the 2016 presidential campaign, raising significant legal and political controversies.

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instanceOf legal controversy
political scandal
aliasUsedForStormyDaniels Peggy Peterson NERFINISHED
allegedAffairLocation Lake Tahoe, Nevada NERFINISHED
allegedAffairYear 2006
becamePublic January 2018
centralEvidenceType Trump Organization business records
reimbursement checks to Michael Cohen
cohenFederalChargesRelatedTo campaign finance violations
cohenPleaYear 2018
country United States of America
surface form: United States
firstMajorReportBy The Wall Street Journal NERFINISHED
involvesCharge falsifying business records
scheme to influence the 2016 election
involvesLawyer Michael Cohen NERFINISHED
involvesOfficeHolder 45th president of the United States
involvesPayment hush money payment to Stormy Daniels
involvesProsecutorOffice Manhattan District Attorney NERFINISHED
legalImpact conviction of Michael Cohen on federal charges
legalProceedingType campaign finance investigation
criminal prosecution in New York
mainSubject Donald Trump NERFINISHED
Stormy Daniels NERFINISHED
mediaFormat extensive television coverage
newspaper investigations
online news coverage
nonDisclosureAgreementSignedBy Stormy Daniels NERFINISHED
nonDisclosureAgreementSignedUnderAlias David Dennison NERFINISHED
paymentAmountUSD 130000
paymentBeneficiary Stormy Daniels NERFINISHED
paymentConcealmentMethod non-disclosure agreement
paymentCurrency USD
paymentMadeBy Michael Cohen NERFINISHED
paymentPurposeAlleged silence about alleged sexual encounter
paymentTiming 2016 United States presidential election campaign
politicalImpact fuel for opposition criticism
increased scrutiny of Trump’s personal conduct
raisedIssue abuse of power concerns
possible campaign finance violations
presidential ethics
relatedToElection 2016 United States presidential election
stormyDanielsLegalName Stephanie Clifford NERFINISHED
stormyDanielsProfession adult film actress
stormyDanielsPublicStatement claimed sexual encounter with Donald Trump
trumpMaritalStatusAtTime married to Melania Trump
trumpPositionOnPayment denied directing illegal campaign finance scheme
trumpPublicStatement denied affair with Stormy Daniels
trumpRoleAtTimeOfPayment Republican presidential candidate

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