Allegations from porn star Stormy Daniels about an affair with President Trump and threats from Trump backers to stay quiet, cheered by the media leading up to Sunday’s 60 Minutes interview, are now being greeted with skepticism by the very same media.
The lack of evidence provided in the interview and the weak pressure she faced from interviewer Anderson Cooper are also being called out.
MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough, for example, said Monday morning that “a lot of questions actually were raised at least for me by that interview.”
Note: (a) not all of our evidence will be mentioned/displayed tonight – that would be foolish; (b) we are not sure what CBS will include but we know a lot from the full interview will have to be cut bc of the time allowed; (c) tonight is not the end – it’s the beginning. #basta
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 25, 2018
He hit on the promise of evidence by Daniels’ lawyer. “What exactly are they waiting for if this about truth, justice, and the American way?”
Scarborough added, “It seemed to me a lot more inconsistencies and a lot more questions about her motives…sometimes the story didn’t line up and just to be honest there were a lot of questions that should have been asked.”
The Examiner this morning took note of Scarborough’s skepticism, highlighting this from the former lawmaker: “As a young lawyer, I remember being told never over-promise. … It seems to me that we have an attorney that’s done just the opposite.”
One of his panelists, national political reporter Heidi Przybyla, said that ‘we were expecting to see some kind of evidence” and she questioned whether Daniels and her team “actually have that evidence.”
The Washington Post wrote, “It is clear that Team Daniels wants Team Trump, and the public, to think there are incriminating photos and text messages. But there is no sign of them yet.”
And some in the media is starting to feel they’re being used in a drawn out story. “Drip, drip, drip,” said CNN’s media reporter Brian Stelter noting a tweet from her lawyer.
