Multiple lawyers have now explained why Stormy's lawyer is correct

[pnwmom]

that the original agreement was a pile of crap.

I'm not a lawyer, but have read a number of contracts over the years and I figured this out pretty quick. Cohen was never asserting that DT had signed another copy of the contract, which would have been the logical counter to Stormy's lawyers claims. But he couldn't say it because DT hadn't signed it, because he wanted to maintain deniability for some unknown reason.

It's amazing what a bad lawyer DT managed to get with his billions.

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"Cohen's stupid plan could never work. But it's even stupider because Cohen wrote the stupid contract in a way that makes it crystal clear WHY it couldn't work, specifying that Trump waives his claims against Stormy "as material inducements to [her] to enter into this Agreement."

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"Each Party acknowledges that [Stormy] is executing this Agreement in reliance" on *Trump* releasing certain claims he has against Stormy.

Michael Cohen can't offer that. EC LLC can't offer that either. Only Trump can.

So if Trump ain't in the agreement, THERE IS NO AGREEMENT.

Susan Simpson
@TheViewFromLL2

Incidentally, there is no proof for this beyond the fact it's completely fucking obvious from the contract, but the major promise being offered in the contract here is that Trump was to agree not to initiate a criminal prosecution against Stormy under revenge porn laws.