In his first ever Twitter acknowledgement of a claim made by adult actress Stormy Daniels, President Donald Trump circulated a composite sketch early Wednesday morning of a man she said threatened her to keep quiet about the affair, calling it a "con job."
Trump called the person detailed in the sketch a "nonexistent man" and said it was a "total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!" The account he retweeted is unverified and appears to belong to a woman in Scotland, according to the Twitter bio.
The Twitter user initially tweeted at the president that the sketch looked like Daniels' ex, in response to an earlier tweet the president posted about California and border security.
A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)! https://t.co/9Is7mHBFda
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2018
The adult film star, legally named Stephanie Clifford, says she had a sexual encounter with Donald Trump more than a decade before he became president. Trump's longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen has admitted he paid Daniels $130,000 in 2016, weeks before Trump was elected president. In a statement to ABC News in February, Cohen said it was a private transaction using his "own personal funds."
The president has continued to deny claims of the affair. Aboard Air Force One earlier this month, he also denied knowing anything about the payment Cohen made to Daniels.