Adult-film actress Stormy Daniels has launched an online fundraising drive for her legal fight against President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE.

The drive on Crowd Justice has raised more than $21,000 as of Wednesday afternoon. Proceeds are intended to help Daniels in her fight to void a nondisclosure agreement Daniels and Trump attorney Michael Cohen signed in October of 2016.

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Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has offered to return the $130,000 she was paid under the agreement in exchange for the freedom to talk publicly about her alleged affair with Trump years earlier.

"I recently made an offer to return the $130,000 I was previously paid if it was agreed that I could simply tell the truth publicly. Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen did not even bother to respond," she wrote on the website.

Daniels last week filed a civil suit against Trump in an effort to void the deal, which she says is not valid because Trump never signed it.

"I need funds to pay for: attorneys' fees; out-of-pocket costs associated with the lawsuit, arbitration, and my right to speak openly; security expenses; and damages that may be awarded against me if I speak out and ultimately lose to Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen," she said.

Daniels's attorney, Michael Avenatti, retweeted a Washington Post story on the fundraising drive.

Stormy Daniels launches online fundraising drive to cover legal costs for breaking free of hush agreement with Trump's lawyer. https://t.co/CTqBo5bhbq — Beth Reinhard (@bethreinhard) March 14, 2018

Cohen has acknowledged making the payment, but says it was done with his own funds.

Avenatti says it is “absolutely laughable” that Trump was unaware of the agreement.

The White House has denied that the president had an affair with Daniels.

—Updated at 4:34 p.m.