It was last week when a bombshell story broke from the Wall Street Journal that accused Donald Trump's legal team of paying off a porn star to keep quiet about their alleged affair. The president hasn't personally addressed the story, though one of the porn star's friends has decided to speak up.
Trump's affair
In a report by the Wall Street Journal last week, Donald Trump allegedly had an affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, whose real name his Stephanie Clifford. The paper reports that Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, put together a payment agreement of $130,000 to be given to Daniels/Clifford as so-called "hush money" prior to the 2016 presidential election.
The love affair reportedly took place in 2006, shortly after his marriage to Melania Trump, while the now firs lady she was pregnant with their youngest son Barron. The report in question details the time and location where the alleged affair took place, with sources placing it at the Lake Tahoe golf tournament that summer. While Daniels/Clifford has not responded to the allegations, the issue was highlighted during the January 16 edition of "Megyn Kelly Today."
Joining host Megyn Kelly on Tuesday morning was Alana Evans, a porn star and close friend of Stormy Daniels who gave inside information about aconversation the two had about the incident with Donald Trump. Evans details a phone call the two had the following morning, saying that Daniels told her that the president was "chasing (her) around the bedroom in his tighty whities"
Stormy Daniels’ friend says Daniels described Trump chasing her in hotel room #MegynTODAY https://t.co/4eqYS1vjda pic.twitter.com/pKjjqMgDlr
— Megyn Kelly TODAY (@MegynTODAY) January 16, 2018
Alana Evans went on to say that that visual "isn’t something that you ever forget." "At that point, it was so much information for me that I really didn't wanna ask anymore questions.," she added.
Instant reaction
After Alana Evans gave her account of the phone call she had with Stormy Daniels about the alleged affair, Twitter users spoke out. "What has been seen cannot be unseen," one tweet read.
How is this not the biggest story of the year right now?
— AAL (@anamericanlion) January 16, 2018
Oh, we're talking about Trump, porn stars, hush money, and tighty whities...no big whoop.
Alana Evans https://t.co/PfJOFqD9SI
So that's it? Our president has an affair with porn star, Stormy Daniels, a year after being married to Melania, bribes her $130,000 to keep quiet before the election, and we let it go? Meanwhile, I bounce a check for a six-pack of beer and Ding Dongs and that haunts me for life?
— Alex Kaseberg (@AlexKaseberg) January 16, 2018
"Oh, God.
Gee, thanks for that image!" another tweet added. "How is this not the biggest story of the year right now? Oh, we're talking about Trump, porn stars, hush money, and tighty whities...no big whoop," a follow-up tweet added.
What has been seen cannot be unseen.
— WalterIV (@WalterIV) January 16, 2018
Oh, God. Gee, thanks for that image!
— Jerry Fuller (@JerryFuller14) January 16, 2018
The @GOP is really screwing itself with all these #shitgate lies. I guess when you lie down with Stormy Daniels, you get rained on. #goldenshowers
— James Hodge (@jamesbhodge) January 16, 2018
"Watching Alana Evans talk to Megyn Kelly about Trump’s affair with Stormy Daniels.
Trump erodes our trust in him when he continues to lie. He opens himself to blackmail, too. Didn’t he learn anything from Clinton?" an additional tweet stated. The backlash continued as the details surrounding Trump's alleged affair remain a mystery.
