WASHINGTON — An attorney for an adult film star claiming a sexual encounter with President Donald Trump filed a motion Wednesday seeking to depose the president and his attorney. In documents filed in U.S. District Court in California, Michael Avenatti seeks to depose Trump and Trump attorney Michael Cohen about a $130,000 USD payment made to Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 presidential election. Avenatti wants to question each for “no more than two hours.” In the filing, he says the depositions are needed to establish if Trump knew about the payment and if he consented to it. As precedent, the motion references the fact that former President Bill Clinton was deposed while in office in 1998 during the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit. The appeal was still pending when Clinton agreed to pay $850,000 to Jones to settle the case.

Source: National Post March 28, 2018 12:03 UTC