Summary: A lawyer representing adult film star Stormy Daniels declined Monday to specify additional evidence he claims he has of Daniels' alleged affair with Donald Trump in 2006, adding "it make no sense for us to play our hand." In the "60 Minutes" interview, Daniels said that she'd been threatened by an unidentified man in Las Vegas to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with Trump, an incident that she said happened while she was with her young daughter. She said in the interview that she had one encounter of consensual sex with the future president. In the interview, the adult film actress provided little new evidence of her alleged 2006 affair with Trump but said she faced intimidation tactics aimed at ensuring her silence in 2011. Daniels said that in the incident, in a parking lot, the man told her: "Leave Trump alone. Forget the story." She said he then looked at her daughter and said, "That's a beautiful little girl. It'd be a shame if something happened to her mom." Daniels received a $130,000 payment days before the 2016 presidential election for her silence and has sought to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement.
Synthesis: This affair is highly similar to a previous presidential scandal involving Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Despite his repeated proclamations that he did not have sexual relations with her, it eventually came to light that president Bill Clinton did indeed participate in the scandal with Lewinsky. While Lewinsky continues to insist that the relationship was consensual, critics are quick to point out that a man in a position of power seducing an intern around her twenties is not exactly an equal relationship. Another point which goes against Clinton was the fact that he lied about it under oath. Along with that, not all of Clinton’s sexual forays were consensual. Following the Lewinsky spectacle, multiple women came forward with their own allegations against the 42nd president, including accusations of violent rape during one of his gubernatorial campaigns - something that is happening today with our current president and other political figures.
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