
Ida Mae Astute/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty ImagesĪug. Donald Trump accepts the Republican Party's nomination for president in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 21, 2016. July 19: Trump secures the Republican Party's nomination for president.

She retains attorney Keith Davidson, who approaches the National Enquirer about a possible deal. June: Karen McDougal, an actress and former Playboy model, begins trying to sell her story of an alleged affair she had with Trump in 20. Daniels says she was never paid.Ī few weeks later, Daniels says she is threatened by a man who approaches her in Las Vegas and tells her to "leave Trump alone" and "forget the story." Two employees later tell CBS News that the interview never ran because Michael Cohen, Trump's attorney, threatened to sue when the publication asked Trump for comment. May: Daniels gives an interview to the magazine In Touch describing her encounters with Trump in exchange for $15,000. 11, 2007, file photo, Stormy Daniels arrives for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. July: A year after their first interaction, Trump asks Daniels to meet at his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles to discuss a possible appearance on the spin-off "Celebrity Apprentice." The two spend four hours together but don't have sex, Daniels says later, and she leaves after Trump says he is still working on securing her a spot on the show.Īugust: Trump calls Daniels and tells her he couldn't get her on "Celebrity Apprentice." In this Feb. John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Donald Trump plays in the 2006 American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament played at the Edgewood Tahoe golf course in Nevada. Trump is 60, and his wife Melania had recently given birth to their son. He later invites her to a Trump Vodka launch party in California, as well as to his office in Trump Tower in New York.ĭaniels is 27 at the time. She says he invited her to dinner, and she met him at his hotel suite, where they had sex. July: According to an interview Daniels would give to "60 Minutes" in 2018, Daniels meets Trump, the star of NBC's hit show "The Apprentice," at a celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe in Nevada. Trump has denied many of the details below, and said he never had affairs with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, nor Karen McDougal, another woman who alleged a relationship and was paid for her silence. The following timeline of those efforts and the district attorney's evolving investigation is based on court records, public filings and comments made by the key players involved.
