Transcript for Adult film star's lawyer claims Trump knew of payments

George, the white house also responding to that lawsuit filed by stormy Daniels the adult film star who claims she lad an affair with president trump more than a decade ago. The lawyer said president trump must have known about the payout to keep her quiet. Tom llamas has the latest for us. This is getting uglier by the day. We told you about that lawsuit earlier and now throw in a restraining order. The back and forth right where the white house doesn't want it -- in the headlines. This morning, new details about president trump's legal fight with porn star stormy Daniels. The president's longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen, obtaining a temporary restraining order against Daniels from an arbitrator trying to silence her not to does close confidential information about an alleged affair with the president. Did your client stormy Daniels have sex with president trump? Yes. No doubt about that? No doubt in my mind. Reporter: The ruling connected to a nondisclosure agreement Daniels signed days be ever the election. Now Daniels is suing the president saying that agreement is not binding because he never signed it. There's a signature line for Mr. Trump on the agreement. He was obligat to sign it and he never signed it. Reporter: Just three weeks ago, Cohen admitted to using his own money to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Daniels said in a statement, neither the trump orgavization nor the trump campaign was party to the transaction. He said, listen, I paid $130,000 this agreement was in place. Why are fighting this. Because Daniels wants to tell her side of the story. Reporter: The white house trying to push past this. Look, the president has addressed these directly and made very well clear that none of these allegations are true. This case is already been won in arbitration. Reporter: Daniels pea attorney says that's not true and the notion that president trump didn't know about the $130,000 payment is absurd. Any suggestion by Mr. Cohen, the white house, the president or others that the president, Mr. Trump at the time, would not have been informed of something this significant in the waning days of the presidential election is ludicrous. Now this could be a major gamble for stormy Daniels. According to that nda she signed, there's a clause that she's found in breach she would owe the president a million dollars. The flip side if she wins the nda is tossed. She could probably sell her story for whatever price she wants.

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