Clifford’s attorney wants Trump quizzed

April 09, 2018 09:42 pm | Updated 09:43 pm IST

 In this March 15, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

In this March 15, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

The attorney for Stephanie Clifford, who says she had an affair with President Donald Trump, plans to release a composite sketch on Tuesday of the person he says threatened her to stay quiet.

Michael Avenatti said on Monday that a “sizeable monetary reward” will be offered to anyone providing information identifying the person that Ms. Clifford says threatened her in a Las Vegas parking lot in 2011.

He said the sketch will help provide “additional details about what happened here”.

Mr. Avenatti is also pushing to have Mr. Trump and his personal attorney Michael Cohen answer questions under oath. He refiled a motion in federal court in Los Angeles on Sunday, seeking a jury trial and to depose the two.

Ms. Clifford, says she had sex with Mr. Trump once in 2006 and was paid $1,30,000 by Mr. Cohen, days before the 2016 presidential election as part of a non-disclosure agreement she is seeking to invalidate.

She also said in a recent interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that she was threatened to keep quiet by an unidentified man in a Las Vegas parking lot in 2011 when she was with her infant daughter.

Mr. Trump answered questions on this for the first time last week, saying he had no knowledge of the payment made by Mr. Cohen and adding that he didn’t know where Mr. Cohen had gotten the money.

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