Melania Trump's former friend and aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff has shared the ex-first lady's alleged reaction to Stormy Daniels, who alleged that she had an affair with Donald Trump 18 years ago.
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Daniels has alleged that she had a fling with the former president in 2006, a year after he married Melania Trump. The allegations, which Trump has denied, have had significant ramifications for the Mogul real estate, including his "hush money" criminal trial, which began with jury selection on Monday in New York City.
Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in relation to the so-called "hush money" he arranged for his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep an alleged affair she had with Trump a secret ahead of the 2016 election.
The money was listed in Trump's company records as "legal fees," which prosecutors suggest was part of an illegal attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential race.
Former The Apprentice star Donald Trump, who is the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee, had admitted to reimbursing the $130,000 hush money to Cohen but denied having an affair with Daniels. He said the trial is part of a political witch hunt aimed at derailing his White House bid.
Amid the sudden emergence in media attention on Daniels after the allegations initially came to light, she became the target of attacks but was not in a position to defend herself due to a non-disclosure agreement. Eventually, she risked a $1 million fine by sitting down for an interview on CBS' 60 Minutes to tell her side of the story in 2018.