Trump lawyers seek to punish Daniels with fines
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(4 Dec 2018) Lawyers for President Trump say porn actress Stormy Daniels should pay nearly 800,000 US dollars for filing a failed defamation lawsuit against him. Attorney Charles Harder told a federal judge in Los Angeles Monday that his firm put in more than 500 hours on the case. He wants nearly 390,000 dollars in lawyers' fees and an equal amount in sanctions to deter Daniels from filing other meritless suits. Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, objected, calling the amounts obscene and outrageous. The judge said he'll rule later. Daniels alleges she had an affair with Trump in 2006. She sued him after he dismissed her claims of being threatened to keep quiet about the tryst as a "total con job." A judge threw out the case in October and ruled that Trump could recoup legal fees. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, alleges she had a one-night affair with Trump in 2006. She sued him earlier this year seeking to break a non-disclosure agreement she signed days before the 2016 election about the tryst as part of a 130,000 US dollar hush money settlement. Trump has denied the affair, but essentially acknowledged the payment to Daniels. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/8e9ed4e31df5775260acc4c958627927
