According to CNN sources, Donald Trump was apparently furious at White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for addressing a question about porn star Stormy Daniels at a White House press briefing.
CNN's John Acosta shared with his colleagues: "A source close to White House says Trump is upset with @PressSec Sarah Sanders over her handling of Stormy Daniels questions yesterday. “POTUS is very unhappy,” the source said. “Sarah gave the Stormy Daniels storyline steroids yesterday,” the source added.
During Wednesday’s press briefing, Sanders was asked by reporter Jeff Zeleny if Trump approved the payment made in October 2016 by his lawyer Michael Cohen to Stormy Daniels 11 days before the election.
Sanders answered, “This case has already been won in arbitration, and anything beyond that, I would refer you to the president’s outside counsel.”
Another reporter followed up with, “You said that there’s arbitration that’s already been won — by whom and when?”
“By the president’s personal attorneys, and for details on that I’d refer you to them. I can share that the arbitration was won in the president’s favor," Sanders replied.
As many news outlets quickly pointed out, by acknowledging Trump winning some arbitration against Daniels, we have tacit confirmation that there's some sort of agreement between Daniels and Trump.
If there were no agreement, there wouldn't be anything to arbitrate.
Oops.
From @Acosta: A source close to White House says Trump is upset with @PressSec Sarah Sanders over her handling of Stormy Daniels questions yesterday. “POTUS is very unhappy,” the source said. “Sarah gave the Stormy Daniels storyline steroids yesterday,” the source added.— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) March 8, 2018
Blaming Sanders for the spiraling hush-money scandal is extremely on brand https://t.co/vEYCZf6GiZ— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) March 8, 2018
Michael Avenatti, attorney for Stormy Daniels, mocked Sarah Sanders’ claim that Trump defeated Daniels in private arbitration: “Yeah. And he also won the popular vote.” https://t.co/D80InX0VxI— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 7, 2018
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