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    From Sarah Cooper to Fiona Hill: the ‘stars’ of the Trump era who emerged from obscurity

    Dec 31, 2020 5 minutes

    Millions of lives across America and the world were touched by Donald Trump’s unlikely candidacy and presidency.

    But some were upended completely, resulting in life-changing or career-ending experiences and instant fame or notoriety as four incredibly tumultuous and norm-shattering years played out.

    Here are 20 examples of those who emerged from relative obscurity to become “stars” of the Trump era.

    The lawyer: Michael Avenatti

    The “smashmouth” lawyer represented Stormy Daniels, an adult film actor, in her lawsuits against Donald Trump and relished goading the US president’s children on social media with the hashtag “#Basta”, meaning “enough”. He even flirted with running for president. But his relationship with Daniels soured and his fall from grace was complete in February when he was convicted of trying to extort more than $20m from Nike.

    The political guru: Steve Bannon

    The former naval officer and rightwing media executive went and in August was arrested and charged with fraud over an online fundraising scheme to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.

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