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Perhaps no name invokes the insanity of the Trump presidency more than Stormy Daniels. The 43-year-old entertainer, who went from celebrated porn star to unexpected darling of the girl-boss left, tangled with the worst of that era’s milieu, from hangdog Trump fixer Michael Cohen to sleazy lawyer Michael Avenatti to the president himself. Now, she may help send her 90-second stand to jail.
A grand jury voted to indict Trump on Thursday after the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation of his role in a $130,000 payment during his 2016 campaign to prevent Daniel from speaking out about their alleged affair. Daniels is said to have spoken with prosecutors in the case, while Cohen testified before the grand jury. (Avenatti, Daniels’ former attorney, could not testify, because he is in prison.)
But how did Daniels go from porn star to #resistance icon? A recap, for those of us who may have erased some of this from our memory.
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