Trump Lawyer Threatened To Sue Magazine In 2011 If They Published Interview With Porn Star Stormy Daniels

The Associated Press reports:

A tabloid magazine held back from publishing an adult film star’s 2011 account of an alleged affair with Donald Trump after the future president’s personal lawyer threatened to sue, four former employees of the tabloid’s publisher told The Associated Press.

In Touch magazine published its 5,000-word interview with the pornographic actor Stormy Daniels on Friday — more than six years after Trump’s long-time attorney, Michael Cohen, sent an email to In Touch’s general counsel saying Trump would aggressively pursue legal action if the story was printed, according to emails described to the AP by the former employees.

At the time, Trump was a reality TV star on the NBC show “The Apprentice.” The ex-employees spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to discuss their former employer’s editorial policies.

It wasn’t immediately clear why the magazine didn’t publish its interview during the 2016 presidential campaign despite reminders from former employees that the transcript was still available in the company’s networks, two former employees said.