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Former President Donald Trump used a Secret Service agent’s phone to make a private call his wife, Melania Trump, after allegations about his sexual relationship with porn star Stormy Daniels re-emerged in 2018.
The then-president was on a golf course when news of his alleged 2006 one-night stand with with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, hit the headlines again.
It first swept the tabloids shortly after the fling, which Trump denies, but re-emerged a year into Trump’s presidency after claims he’d paid Daniels hush-money shortly before the 2016 presidential election were shared.
Trump attempted to call the then-first lady using his cell phone, but after she failed to pick up he tried calling her from a Secret Service agent’s device. Melania, who is Trump’s third wife, reportedly took the second call.
A former White House aide, speaking to CNN about Trump’s phone habits, claimed the agent was ‘not pleased’ the president used his phone in that manner.
The source also said the president had an ‘aversion to anyone listening to his calls’ and would often uses devices belonging to a nearby aide or Secret Service agent to conduct his phone calls.
The aide also alleged Trump treated the telephone as a lifeline, saying: ‘He took everybody’s calls.’
Former President Donald Trump (pictured in June 2017) used a Secret Service agent’s phone to make a private call his wife, Melania Trump, after allegations about his sexual relationship with porn star Stormy Daniels first made headlines in 2018.
The then-president was on a golf course when news broke of his alleged affair with Stormy Daniels (left). He attempted to call Melania (right) using his cell phone, but after she failed to pick up he tried calling her from a Secret Service agent’s device. She reportedly took the second call
CNN detailed Trump’s phone habits in a report released Sunday after the team investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol building discovered ‘unusual gaps’ in the president’s phone logs.
Sources familiar with the House Committee’s investigation allege the president had a habit of rotating his personal cell phones and using other people’s devices to communicate with supporters and family.
The hours-long gap reportedly occurred after he spoke with his supporters at the Ellipse on January 6, 2021 and lasted until he addressed the nation from the White House Rose Garden.
The sources allege Trump may have decided not to make or receive calls during that time period. They also claim he could have been utilizing other devices to conduct his telephone business.
So far, the committee has declined to search the former president’s personal phone records or other people’s call records. It is unclear if they will option to do so in the future.
Details about Trump’s phone habits were released Sunday after the team investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol building discovered ‘unusual gaps’ in the president’s phone logs. Trump is pictured on the Oval Office phone in 2017
Sources familiar with the House Committee’s investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot (pictured) allege the president had a habit of rotating his personal cell phones and using other people’s devices to communicate with supporters and family
Sources also allege the president could be hard to reach, especially if he didn’t want to speak with the person phoning him.
‘He liked to talk to people he agreed with,’ another former aide explained.
Others said the best way to reach the president was by contacting his chief of staff Mark Meadows or daughter Ivanka Trump.
Mark and Ivanka would allegedly reach out to the president on behalf of the caller and he would accept the call or ‘wave them off with the back of his hand’.
Additionally, it is said the president would not take his own personal cell phone into the Oval Office.
News of Trump’s alleged call with Melania comes weeks after celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti was found guilty of stealing $300,000 from Daniels, who was due the money for writing a book about her alleged tryst with the ex-president.
News of his alleged call with Melania comes weeks after celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti was found guilty of stealing $300,000 from Daniels, who was due the money for writing a book about her alleged tryst with Trump. Daniels and Trump are pictured together
The lawyer became a household name during the porn star’s legal battles with Trump over hush money she received for an alleged affair with the then-real estate developer in 2006.
Daniels claims she had a sexual encounter with Trump at a Lake Tahoe hotel the year after he married his third wife, Melania. Trump has denied the sexual encounter.
She alleged in 2011 an unknown man approached her in an Las Vegas parking lot and threatened her after she agreed to talk to the media about the alleged affair.
Daniels, whose infant daughter was with her, claims the man said ‘leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, “That’s a beautiful little girl. It’d be a shame if something happened to her mom.”‘
In 2018, more than a year after Trump became president, she released a sketch of the man who allegedly threatened her. Trump responded to the sketch on Twitter, writing: ‘A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!’
The adult film actress sued Trump in federal court claiming defamation, saying his comment conveyed his belief that she was a liar. Her lawyers have said the judge was wrong to dismiss the lawsuit under a Texas state law that allows for speedy resolution of cases that are seen to burden the right of free speech. Trump was also awarded $292,000 in legal fees and $1,000 in sanctions.
She also detailed the alleged affair in her 2018 memoir Full Disclosure.
Source: Daily Mail
