What's happening in the political world:
Porn star Stormy Daniels appears to deny affair with Trump
-- Jimmy Kimmel spoke about President Trump with porn actress Stormy Daniels on Tuesday night, or at least he tried to.
The "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host interviewed Daniels -- whose real name is Stephanie Clifford -- on his ABC show to speak about her alleged affair with Trump in 2006. But Daniels dodged his questions and did not give any substantial answers.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that Trump attorney Michael Cohen had arranged a $130,000 payment to Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual relationship between her and Trump. Cohen, Clifford, and the White House have denied the report.
Kimmel kicked off the interview by telling Daniels that he had a "pretty clear idea" of what he wanted to ask her, but then saw a letter that denied the alleged relationship, which she supposedly signed earlier on Tuesday.
The host questioned the denial, saying that her signature on the letter didn't appear to be the same as Daniels' previous signatures and autographs. He then came out and just asked if she signed it.
"I don't know, did I?" Daniels said to Kimmel. "Doesn't look like my signature, does it?"
Celebrities react to Trump's State of the Union
-- While we know how Republicans and Democrats feel about President Trump's first State of the Union address, many celebrities weighed in as well.
Truly sad. Some Democrats won’t even stand to acknowledge the symbolism of our amazing @uscapitol #sotu #SOTU2018
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) January 31, 2018
#SOTU predictions:
1. Trump mentions Jay-Z.
2. Trump promotes the XFL.
3. Stephen Miller vomits 2,000 blowflies, each with a semi-articulate human head.— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) January 31, 2018
Amazing, inspirational speech @realDonaldTrump To the haters in the media, and those that wanted him to fail, nobody cares what you have to say. America is back. Thank God
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) January 31, 2018
I don’t care if it’s bipartisan tradition, all these standing ovations (except for those honored) are dumb.
— josh groban (@joshgroban) January 31, 2018
Somehow, Trump will claim that there were more people in the room for his State of the Union than Obama's.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) January 31, 2018
GREAT SPEECH. Beautifully delivered. I think he's covered everything. Look for the exit signs, start proceeding directly to them.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) January 31, 2018
Me during the #StateOfTheUnion. pic.twitter.com/bDyaDnmBF1
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) January 31, 2018
Trump overheard saying he'll "100%" release Nunes memo
-- President Trump was overheard telling a lawmaker on Tuesday he "100%" plans to release a controversial memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools.
The president was responding to Rep. Jeff Duncan's entreaty to release the document as he departed a packed House Chamber following his first State of the Union address.
"Mr. President, let's release the memo," Duncan, a South Carolina Republican, was heard asking Trump on a live camera feed from the House floor.
"Don't worry, 100%" Trump responded. "Can you imagine?"
The House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines Monday to publicly release a classified memo written by Republicans alleging FBI abuses in the agency's surveillance.
The memo claims the FBI abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act over its use of the opposition research dossier on Trump and Russia as part of the case to obtain a FISA warrant for a former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser.
CNN reports compiled by 10News
