Trump Lawyer Obtained Restraining Order to Silence Stormy Daniels<br />“This case has already been won in arbitration, and there was no knowledge of<br />any payments from the president, and he has denied all these allegations.”<br />Lawrence S. Rosen, a lawyer representing Mr. Cohen, said in a statement on Wednesday<br />that an arbitrator, who “found that Ms. Clifford had violated the agreement,” barred her from filing her lawsuit and making other disclosures of confidential information.<br />Ms. Sanders said that the president had denied having an affair with Ms. Clifford or making the payment himself.<br />Ms. Clifford’s lawyer, Michael Avenatti, said that he did not consider the restraining order, dated Feb. 27, valid, and<br />that his client would proceed with her lawsuit in open court.<br />The details of the order emerged on Wednesday after the White House’s spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said<br />that Mr. Trump’s lawyer had won an arbitration proceeding against Ms. Clifford, who goes by the name of Stormy Daniels.<br />Ms. Clifford filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday asserting<br />that the nondisclosure agreement that accompanied the $130,000 payment was void because Mr. Trump never signed it.<br />Asked if Ms. Clifford would drop her court case if Mr. Cohen provided her with more money, he said she would not.<br />The lawsuit by Ms. Clifford adds weight to allegations in a separate legal complaint brought by Common Cause, a public interest group<br />that has asked the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department to investigate the $130,000 payment by Mr. Cohen.
