The letter is not new, it was released in 2018 and widely publicized. Daniels later said the denial was a lie from fear of legal repercussions.

At Donald Trump's criminal trial, there is no dispute about a central underlying fact: the month before the 2016 presidential election, his personal lawyer and fixer paid a porn star for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump.

The former adult film actress rejected the subpoena, which a process server said he was forced leave "at her feet.”