WASHINGTON — The new revelations about President Trump and his lawyer’s payment to a porn star who says she had an affair with Trump have prompted campaign-finance watchdogs and some Democrats on Capitol Hill to renew their calls for a federal investigation.…

Stormy Daniels, the former porn star who  says she had an affair with Donald Trump, offered Monday to give back a $130,000 payment to Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. .

It’s expensive to sue President Trump.

The suit alleges that the “hush” agreement that keeps Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, from telling her story is invalid.

On the site — which was tweeted about by Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti — Daniels said she would use the funds raised to pay for attorneys’ fees, out-of-pocket costs associated with the lawsuit, security expenses and damages if she loses her suit. She said she did not have the “vast resources” to fight Trump and lawyer Michael Cohen on her ow

A letter from the actor’s lawyer Michael Avenatti to Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, on Monday offered to return the $130,000 (£93,000) into an account of the president’s choosing by Friday.

The letter asks that no action be taken to prevent the airing of an interview that the actor – real name Stephanie Clifford – recently recorded with the CNN journalist Anderson Cooper for the CBS news program 60 Minutes, for which Cooper is a regular contributor.

As well as a TV interview with Cooper, the letter also says that if Clifford’s offer to return the fee is accepted, she would then be permitted to: “(A) speak openly and freely about her prior relationship with the president and the attempts to silence her and (b) use and publish any text messages, photos and/or videos relating to the president that she may have in her possession, all without fear of retribution and/or legal liability for damages.”

He says he paid Clifford in a personal capacity. There is no proof that Trump knew about or approved the payment.