New documents obtained by CNN show a second attorney for the Trump organization involved in the Stormy Daniels case and according to the Wall Street Journal “for the first time tie(s) President Donald Trump’s flagship holding company to the continuing effort to silence a former adult-film actress who says she had an affair with Mr. Trump.”
Previously, Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s personal attorney, was the only person in the Trump orbit that was thought to be connected with the Daniels case.
But now we learn that Jill Martin, an attorney for the Trump organization in Los Angeles, signed documents in the arbitration case to keep Daniels quiet. Martin is listed as vice president and assistant general counsel for the Trump organization in L.A.
From CNN: “In addition to showing a second attorney connected with the Trump Organization having direct involvement in legal matters related to Daniels, the new documents raise questions about Cohen’s previous insistence that “neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford,” though it is not known whether Martin had any involvement in the case prior to the arbitration filing.”
The Journal reports that Martin has defended Trump in numerous litigations including Trump University and real estate seminars where fraud was alleged. She’s also vouched for his character after several women accused Trump of harassment and assault, telling CNN in 2016: “Thousands of women have worked for him, including myself, and he’s treated us with nothing but respect and appropriately. And he’s always been someone who none of us would ever imagine he would do something like this.”
Here is a clip of Jill Martin from 2016 defending Donald Trump (via CNN):
