The Donald Trump-Stormy Daniels case: a story of sex, money and power

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : With the trial expected to last several months overall and Trump required to be present in court most days it will have a serious impact on his presidential campaign schedule.
35% : After the release of the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape (in which Trump could be heard boasting about grabbing women by the genitals), Daniels' agent contacted the National Enquirer magazine with the story of an alleged affair between the adult film star (whose real name is Stephanie Clifford) and Trump in 2006, when he was already married to his current wife Melania.
28% : In a state that voted overwhelming against Trump, finding 12 people and six alternates deemed impartial by both the defence and prospection could prove difficult.
27% : In the Republican primaries Trump used his legal woes to "cast himself as a victim, which fired up support among GOP voters and boosted fundraising", said Fox News.
23% : Dubbed Trump's "Trial of the Century" by The New Yorker, the case relates to a hush-money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, to cover up an alleged affair she had with Trump in 2006.
17% : Prosecutors think Trump could have lost the election had the Daniels revelations been made public, so "the case is about Trump lying his way into office", said The New Yorker.
9% : Donald Trump is required to appear in person on most days of the New York court case, which could last months, hampering his campaign scheduleJury selection has begun in the first ever criminal trial of a former US president, with Donald Trump accused of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
9% : Cohen, who was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations in 2018 related to the payments, said he coordinated with Trump to pay Daniels and the former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who received $150,000 from the National Enquirer, and also claims to have had an affair with Trump.

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