The newest sex scandal surrounding President Donald Trump gained a new detail earlier this week. Adult-film star Stormy Daniels allegedly had a sexual relationship with Trump in 2006 (shortly after Melania Trump had given birth to their son Barron). A recent report made by Mother Jones says Daniels once said Trump made her spank him with an issue of Forbes magazine. The issue is said to have had him on the cover.
The alleged encounter took place at a celebrity golf tournament in July 2006. One of Trump’s lawyers, Michael Cohen, allegedly paid Daniels $130,000 in October 2016 to keep her quiet about the affair in the last few weeks of the election season. It was also during this month that the infamously leaked Access Hollywood tape with Billy Bush surfaced. Slate magazine tried to report on the story in 2016 after receiving a detailed interview from Daniels, but were not able to publish it until Tuesday due to Daniels’ wishes following the alleged pay-off. Slate’s report states the alleged affair was not a one-time thing, but instead that it lasted a whole year.
I’m torn between wanting to stress eat and never wanting to eat again after reading Trump requested Stormy Daniels spank him with a copy of Forbes he, Ivanka and Don Jr. were on the cover of.
— Stephanie McMaster (@Smethanie) January 18, 2018
The reports of the incident with a copy of Forbes came from a revealed email exchange from 2009 between two campaign consultants that had worked with Daniels when she was seriously considering a run for Senator of Louisiana. (Her slogan? “Stormy Daniels: Screwing people honestly.”) While running through a potential list of campaign contributors, one of the consultants, Andrea Dubé, was surprised to note that Donald Trump was listed as a possible contributor.
Mother Jones reveals the other consultant showed no such surprise, replying, “Yep. She says one time he made her sit with him for three hours watching “shark week.” Another time he had her spank him with a Forbes Magazine.”
Neither Daniels’ reps nor Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, have offered comments on this new development on the scandal.
As it turns out, Trump was on the cover of a 2006 edition of Forbes, so that part of the story does check out. Also with him on the cover, however, were Donald Jr. and Ivanka.
All together, now: EW.