Anderson Cooper interviewed the adult film performer and director on Thursday. CBS plans to air the interview next Sunday, March 18.
Lawyers associated with President Donald Trump are considering legal action to stop 60 Minutes from airing an interview with Stephanie Clifford, the adult film performer and director who goes by Stormy Daniels, BuzzFeed News has learned.
“We understand from well-placed sources they are preparing to file for a legal injunction to prevent it from airing,” a person informed of the preparations told BuzzFeed News on Saturday evening.
It was not immediately clear what legal argument the lawyers would be making to support the considered litigation, and Trump and his legal team often have threatened litigation without following through on those threats in the past.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney who previously was a longtime lawyer for the Trump Organization, directed questions about the possibility of litigation to Larry Rosen, who Cohen told BuzzFeed News is “my attorney handling this matter.” Rosen — a partner in the firm LaRocca, Hornik, Rosen, Greenberg & Blaha — acknowledged his role in the matter generally but did not comment directly on the possibility of seeking an injunction.
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CBS plans to air an interview with Stormy Daniels next Sunday, March 18. Lawyers associated with President Donald Trump are considering legal action to stop it.https://t.co/QwdMVivJPF
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) March 11, 2018
Not surprising. Trump has demonstrated a disdain for the Constitution all along. He wanted to stifle freedom of the press and keep out anything that might be unfavorable to him. More recently, he has shown a willingness o trash the Second and Fourth Amendments too.
I’m not a fan of CBS or any of the other media outlets, but if Trump tries to block this interview, I hope CBS prevails. This guy and his worshipers have to learn he is not a king.
Prior restraint was already ruled on by the Supreme Court in the Pentagon Papers case. Tump’s lawyers can’t stop 60 Minutes from running this interview.
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