President Trump’s outside legal team has added a lawyer described as a “pit bull” on his law firm’s website to handle legal issues stemming from a nondisclosure agreement with porn star Stormy Daniels.
ABC News reported Thursday that New York attorney Lawrence S. Rosen was brought on to the team by Trump’s longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen.
Rosen is a partner at LaRocca, Hornik, Rosen, Greenberg & Blaha. He is described as the firm’s “pit bull” who will “aggressively [fight] and [use] his rhetorical and writing skills to get you a win.”
Daniels was paid $130,000 weeks before the 2016 presidential election for her silence about an affair she claims she had with Trump during the early days of his marriage to Melania.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, sued Trump on Tuesday, arguing their nondisclosure agreement is invalid because he never signed it. The suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and alleges Cohen used “intimidation and coercive tactics” to keep Daniels from talking about the alleged affair.
The White House has denied the affair happened. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday that Trump prevailed over Daniels in private arbitration. Sanders directed follow-up questions to Trump’s personal attorneys.
“President Trump hasn’t won anything relating to Ms. Clifford,” her attorney Michael Avenatti said.
