Sixty minutes interview with stormy daniels

Editor's Note: The story was originally published on March 25, 2018.

A week and a half before the 2016 election, Donald Trump's personal attorney paid a porn star named Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with the Republican candidate for president.

Today, that arrangement is well on its way to becoming the most talked-about "hush agreement" in history, with potential legal and political implications for the president. Through his spokesman, Mr. Trump has denied having an affair with Stormy Daniels, and his lawyers are now threatening her with financial ruin, saying she has to pay $1 million every time she violates her agreement to stay silent.

But that didn't stop her from coming on 60 Minutes.

Full Stormy Daniels interview transcript below:

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Anderson Cooper: For sitting here talking to me today you could be fined a million dollars.

I mean, aren't you taking a big risk?

Stormy Daniels: I am.

Anderson Cooper: I guess I'm not 100% sure on why