Who is Stormy Daniels and why is she key to Donald Trump's hush money trial?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : She was at the height of her adult film career and 27 years old at the time, while Trump was 60 and only a year into his marriage with current wife Melania.
51% : After Trump was elected President, he reportedly reimbursed Mr Cohen by paying him double the original amount.
45% : He was kind of arrogant.' When Trump was running for election in 2016, Stormy Daniels offered to sell her story to the press.
38% : In a 2018 interview with 60 Minutes, Daniels said she had sex once with Trump in a hotel room in Lake Tahoe in 2006.
27% : In response to an interviewer asking her if Trump told her to keep quiet at the time, Daniels added: 'He didn't seem worried about it.
27% : This is because the question of whether Trump committed any crimes or not revolves around the payment and the timing of it.
24% : MORE : Donald Trump supporters and protesters clash outside court ahead of his arraignment
23% : Donald Trump is now on trial for charges which could land him in prison, a first for any US president.
16% : Trump is accused of 34 counts of falsifying business records by disguising hush money reimbursements as legal payments to Mr Cohen.
13% : Stormy Daniels - real name Stephanie Clifford - could be asked to testify as a witness against Trump, who claims the trial is a 'political witch hunt'. Keep reading to find out what she's said about the affair and why her story could help decide whether Trump could go to jail.

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