The Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal is a political scandal involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump, and Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen. The scandal first broke in January 2018, when The Wall Street Journal revealed that shortly before the 2016 United States presidential election, Daniels had been paid $130,000 for signing a nondisclosure agreement about an affair she had with Trump in 2006. Later, Daniels signed a statement witnessed by her lawyer and her publicist denying that she had ever had an affair with Trump.[1][2]