Earlier this month, Clifford sued Trump, saying the secrecy agreement she signed isn’t valid because he never signed it. Trump and Cohen has since moved the suit to federal court and want a judge to push the matter into private arbitration.
Years before the agreement, Daniels gave an interview to InTouch magazine, which has said that she passed a polygraph. Details of that exam, however, have not been released until now.
The report, prepared by a Las Vegas company called Western Security Consultants, says the purpose of the polygraph examination was to “determine if Ms. Clifford had vaginal intercourse with Donald Trump in July 2006.”
The examiner asked her a series of questions, three of which were relevant to the alleged affair:
“Around July 2006, did you have vaginal intercourse with Donald Trump?”
“Around July 2006, did you have unprotected sex with Donald Trump?”
“Did Trump say he would get you on ‘The Apprentice’?”
Clifford answered “yes” to all three, according to the report.
The examiner used two methods to analyze the data, according to his report. The first, using an algorithm the report said was developed by Johns Hopkins University, found there was a 1 percent chance of deception for the three answers. A second analysis method found there was adequate evidence Clifford was telling the truth on the first two questions, and it was inconclusive for the third, according to the report.
The White House and Cohen did not immediately respond to request for comment about the polygraph results.
The report says the exam was requested by Life & Style, a sister publication of InTouch. Former employees of publisher Bauer told the Associated Press the interview with Clifford did not run in 2011 because Cohen threatened the magazine with legal action.
They did publish it in February, after news of the $130,000 payment to Clifford broke. In it, Clifford described meeting Trump — who was already married to Melania — at a charity event in Lake Tahoe and having sex in his hotel room.
In her lawsuit, she said only that they had an “”intimate” relationship that began in 2006 and continued in 2007. She has taped an interview with “60 Minutes” that is scheduled to air on Sunday.
Cohen and his attorney have warned that they consider Clifford in breach of the 2016 nondisclosure agreement and a temporary restraining order they secretly obtained before her lawsuit was filed.
Court papers filed by the Trump team Friday say she is liable for $1 million in damages each time she violates the terms and is already on the hook for $20 million.
Although the White House has sought to distance the president from the Clifford dispute — press secretary Sarah Sanders said she doesn’t think he knew about the $130,000 payment — Trump consented to move the matter from state court to federal court in California.