trump joins legal fight in Stormy Daniels lawsuit.

Yep - Karen McDougal. I read an in depth article on her and it was interesting (and icky). 

How Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Is Outfoxing Trump

Michael Avenatti drives racecars and taunts the president’s attorneys on TV and Twitter. He wants you to know he’s single, too.

Seen on Twitter: “The last person you want to pick a fight with in court is an adrenaline junkie"

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/24/how-stormy-daniels-lawyer-michael-avenatti-is-outfoxing-trump-217702

@zingermack .. I liked this post from Seth Abramson and started reading more from him.  Do you read his posts?  Quite interesting on the Russia story... not sure if it falls in the conspiracy theory or following the trail category, but a good read.  TIA

Not a Trump fan at all, and I’m hoping the agreement doesn’t hold up.

However, the fact that Trump did not sign does not necessarily invalidate the agreement. He did what he had to do—paid her the check, or at least had his attorney pay her—and that action, followed by her cashing it, can complete the contract. I haven’t read the contract, so I don’t know if there were other things required under the contract that were not done, but if his only obligation was to pay her, he may have a claim.

As for using fake names, I understand there was a corresponding document that spells out who was who in the agreement, so I don’t think using pseudonyms will necessarily invalidate the contract. That would probably only be the case if the identities of the parties were disputed, but in this case, there is no doubt about the parties to the contract.

Now, if Trump was truly “unaware” of the agreement as he has claimed in the past, then there may be an argument that the contract was not valid because Cohen did not sign it on his behalf as power of attorney or as Trump’s agent.

ETA I just read a couple of posts above. If the contract included Trump agreeing to drop claims against Stormy, that might be additional “consideration” required to complete the contract. But was that just boilerplate language in a fill-in-the-blank contract that Cohen used for all of Trump’s NDAs? Did Trump really have claims against her that needed to be dropped? Or was it just some catch all language?

Does Cohen specialize in real estate law? Serious question, does Cohen practice much law in general?  I've read a lot about him basically being a fixer but surely he can't make his living providing only that service to so few people. Unless he makes a ton of money off his taxi token(s).

eta: Of course, considering his client list, maybe that is enough business to keep him rolling in it.

I don't know, but I don't think so. Tje bigger question is why dodnt Hannity disclosed this on his show? He and Fox didn't, then lied about it, then made the $10 attorney privilege snark, and now he was a client of a well known fixer.

Beep, beep, the wheels on the Stormy bus go round and round..look out Sean the Stormy's Karma bus is coming your way. I hope your conspiracy opinion show has tire marks on it when the week is done...

Damn this got me all excited and the judge denied Cohen's request to keep the files from being read. is Cohen so dense he didn't go thought to being under investigation?

Why so angry at Stormy? Why not Trump for breaking his marital vows? Yet again. I guess that doesn't matter. I bet you blame the rape victims too.

If Melania had the advice of a good attorney, any affair clause that applied to her would apply to him as well. Or maybe there isn’t one for either of them. It will depend on how good her attorney was and how desperate he was to get her to sign. Remember, she left him before they married at one point, so I’m pretty sure she protected herself before she signed anything. She was willing to walk at that point so there was some negotiation going on. Would be silly not to protect yourself in a prenup considering his reputation and she doesn’t strike me as silly.

  Who called her a victim?

I don't understand how TF this agreement is valid. How can an LLC bind the person of Donald J. Trump or David Dennison to terms if neither Donald Trump nor David Dennison is a signatory to the contract. Can I sign a contract w/an LLC to bind Beyonce to give me $10,000,000 if she doesn't sing at my bday?

Stormy's original lawyer also represented the Playboy bunny and Eliot Brody's Playmate. There are questions about if he represented them properly. His name is Keith Davidson, you can Google him and see for yourself.SaveSave

worth a shot I guess 😜

I responded to a very specific comment made upthread. I quoted and even bolded what I was responding to:

"Man am I impressed with Stormy Daniels attorney and Stormy. Michael is a shark and he has filled Stormy with confidence. Go Stormy!! We can handle the truth."

My stating I don't think she lacks self-confidence because of what she does for a living has turned into an accusation of me defending Trump and that I'd blame rape victims. This has gone even further now into support of the LGBTQ community (or lack thereof, are you saying from me?), Sean Hannity, and my supposed turning of a blind eye. I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone.

I'm capable of believing this is a well-planned business move by Stormy Daniels AND believing that Trump's in trouble with this payment with the possibility broken campaign finance laws. I can do both at the same time. However my specific response was about Daniels' confidence (or lack thereof as suggested).

In the end it all comes down to the fact that if Donald would have kept his dick in his pants there never would have been a Stormy Daniels to begin with so all this is his own damn fault.