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Stormy Daniels claims she took hush money deal so Trump ‘couldn’t have me killed’

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Adult film star Stormy Daniels has claimed that she took Donald Trump’s hush money deal just before the 2016 election so that the former president “couldn’t have me killed”.

Ms Daniels was allegedly paid for her silence over an alleged affair she claims she had with Mr Trump at Lake Tahoe in 2006. Mr Trump has continually denied that the affair took place.

Ms Daniels spoke out about the deal – a deal which is now at the centre of Mr Trump’s criminal case in New York – now airing on , ’s streaming service.

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