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| Stormy Daniels: Trump doesn't deserve prison for hush money | Stormy Daniels: Trump doesn't deserve prison for hush money |
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| Stormy Daniels says Donald Trump does not deserve to be jailed over the payment made to her which landed him in court this week on criminal charges. | Stormy Daniels says Donald Trump does not deserve to be jailed over the payment made to her which landed him in court this week on criminal charges. |
| "I don't think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration," the adult film actress told Piers Morgan in her first interview since the hearing. | "I don't think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration," the adult film actress told Piers Morgan in her first interview since the hearing. |
| The former US president pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan courtroom to 34 counts of falsifying business records. | The former US president pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan courtroom to 34 counts of falsifying business records. |
| The felony charges carry a maximum four-year jail sentence. | The felony charges carry a maximum four-year jail sentence. |
| Mr Trump's lawyer paid $130,000 to Ms Daniels before the 2016 election to buy her silence as she was seeking to go public over an alleged affair. | Mr Trump's lawyer paid $130,000 to Ms Daniels before the 2016 election to buy her silence as she was seeking to go public over an alleged affair. |
| Prosecutors say the way the lawyer was subsequently reimbursed by Mr Trump while he was president amounted to tax deception, because the accounts described the payments as legal expenses. | Prosecutors say the way the lawyer was subsequently reimbursed by Mr Trump while he was president amounted to tax deception, because the accounts described the payments as legal expenses. |
| Ms Daniels told Talk TV's Piers Morgan Uncensored she did not think he deserved to be put behind bars for what he did. | Ms Daniels told Talk TV's Piers Morgan Uncensored she did not think he deserved to be put behind bars for what he did. |
| But she added that if he was found guilty of other crimes then he should be jailed as an example to others. | But she added that if he was found guilty of other crimes then he should be jailed as an example to others. |
| Mr Trump faces separate criminal investigations for allegedly mishandling classified material, trying to overturn an election in Georgia, and over his role in the storming of the US Capitol building. | Mr Trump faces separate criminal investigations for allegedly mishandling classified material, trying to overturn an election in Georgia, and over his role in the storming of the US Capitol building. |
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| What happened between Stormy Daniels and Trump? | |
| When asked if she would testify in the forthcoming trial, Ms Daniels said she "absolutely" would. | When asked if she would testify in the forthcoming trial, Ms Daniels said she "absolutely" would. |
| "It's daunting but I look forward to it, I have nothing to hide. I'm the only one who has been telling the truth." | "It's daunting but I look forward to it, I have nothing to hide. I'm the only one who has been telling the truth." |
| Her feelings when she saw Mr Trump walk into the courtroom were mixed, she said, but the overriding emotion was sadness. | Her feelings when she saw Mr Trump walk into the courtroom were mixed, she said, but the overriding emotion was sadness. |
| "He had to be under the rule of someone else, the judge. The king had been dethroned. He's no longer untouchable." | "He had to be under the rule of someone else, the judge. The king had been dethroned. He's no longer untouchable." |
| The prosecutor bringing the case, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, said disguising the payment to Ms Daniels defrauded voters on the eve of an election. | |
| Mr Trump denies ever having sexual relations with Ms Daniels and says the payment was made to protect his family from false allegations, not to sway the election. | Mr Trump denies ever having sexual relations with Ms Daniels and says the payment was made to protect his family from false allegations, not to sway the election. |
| Legal experts have told the BBC they think it unlikely Mr Trump will be jailed if convicted and a fine is the more likely outcome. | Legal experts have told the BBC they think it unlikely Mr Trump will be jailed if convicted and a fine is the more likely outcome. |
| The former president is running again for the White House and a criminal trial next year could disrupt his attempts to seek the Republican nomination. | |
| Colleagues in the Republican Party have rallied around him since the indictment and accused Mr Bragg, a Democrat, of carrying out a politically motivated prosecution. | |
| Watch: Three takeaways from Trump's day in court | Watch: Three takeaways from Trump's day in court |
| Watch: Three takeaways from Trump's day in court | Watch: Three takeaways from Trump's day in court |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Indictment of Donald Trump | Indictment of Donald Trump |
| Donald Trump | Donald Trump |
| US politics | US politics |
| United States | United States |