Adult film actress Stormy Daniels plans to be present on Capitol Hill when President Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen[1] appears before Congress next month, her attorney said Friday.
Michael Avenatti made the announcement on Twitter[2] a day after Mr. Cohen[3] said he accepted an invitation to testify Feb. 7 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
“I am pleased to announce that @StormyDaniels and I will attend the congressional hearing when Cohen[4] testifies. Which is only appropriate seeing as it would have never happened but for @StormyDaniels,” Mr. Avenatti tweeted in a post subsequently shared by his client.
Mr. Avenatti has represented the actress, born Stephanie Clifford, in a lawsuit seeking to invalidate a non-disclosure agreement she entered with Mr. Cohen[5] near the end of the 2016 U.S. presidential race. Ms. Clifford said she was paid $130,000 by Mr. Cohen[6] in exchange for agreeing not to disclose a sexual relationship she allegedly had with Mr. Trump years prior to his candidacy, and Mr. Cohen[7] has pleaded guilty in federal court to related campaign finance violations.
Ms. Clifford, 39, addressed her lawyer’s announcement on Twitter[8] in response to another social media user who wondered why Mr. Avenatti, not his client, revealed their plans to attend.
“He asked me and I told him he could do it,” she tweeted.
Mr. Cohen[9] was sentenced in Manhattan federal court last month to three years in prison. He has been ordered to surrender by March 6.
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Mr. Cohen[10] said he was invited to testify by Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat and chair of the House Oversight Committee, and that he looks “forward to having the privilege of afforded a platform with which to give a full and credible account of the events which have transpired.”