A lawyer for adult-film star Stormy Daniels fired back at critics who complained that there was "nothing new" in Daniels's "60 Minutes" interview about her alleged affair with President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE.

The most explosive revelation in the interview, which aired Sunday night, was Daniels's claim that she was threatened several years ago after agreeing to speak with a publication about the alleged encounter.

"Any claim that 'There was nothing new other than the details of the threat' is not only false but is also similar to asking 'Other than the short interruption Mrs. Lincoln, what did you think of the play?'" Avenatti tweeted, appearing to reference the assassination of President Lincoln.

Any claim that "There was nothing new other than the details of the threat" is not only false but is also similar to asking "Other than the short interruption Mrs. Lincoln, what did you think of the play?" — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 25, 2018

Daniels spoke in detail about the alleged affair, defying a nondisclosure agreement that has been at the center of the scandal. Many details from the interview had been reported earlier based on secondhand sources, but this is the most extensive interview about the situation that Daniels has given since the Wall Street Journal first reported on it in January.

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The adult-film star told Anderson Cooper that during the encounter — which allegedly took place in 2006 soon after Trump married first lady Melania Trump Melania TrumpMelania Trump: Ginsburg's 'spirit will live on in all she has inspired' The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - You might want to download TikTok now Warning label added to Trump tweet over potential mail-in voting disinformation MORE — the real estate mogul told Daniels that she reminded him of his daughter.

She also claimed that she spanked Trump with a magazine with his face on the cover.

Daniels refused to say whether she had hard evidence of the alleged affair, though Avenatti hinted at evidence earlier this week by tweeting a photo of a mystery disc in a safe.

Trump has remained silent on the allegations, though he has denied the affair through his lawyer.