Stormy Daniels had ‘sad’ reaction to seeing Trump in court, but says she doesn’t hope for jail time in her case
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Stormy Daniels was conflicted about her own reaction to Donald Trump’s historic arrest and arraignment on criminal charges linked to hush money payments made to her.
The porn star at the center of the ex-president’s 34 felony counts has admitted she was shocked at the way she felt about seeing images of Trump appearing in front of a New York judge.
In an exclusive interview with Piers Morgan on Thursday, Daniels revealed she had expected to be “excited” to see Trump face the law but instead admitted she found her emotions to be “shocking,” saying she felt “sad” to see Trump make history in this way.
“I thought he was going to get away with not being held accountable. So, when I found out it was coming, or potentially coming, I thought I would feel excited or vindicated but it was kind of anticlimactic,” she told Morgan on TalkTV, which also streamed on YouTube.
The award-winning adult film star, whose real name is Stephanie Gregory Clifford, said she watched the coverage on TV.
“Part of me was like he finally had to go in and be under the rule of someone else,” Daniels shared. “He had to obey the judge, the king has been dethroned, he is no longer untouchable and no one should be untouchable. It doesn’t matter what your job is, it doesn’t matter if you are the president, you should l be held accountable for your actions.”
The 44-year-old registered Republican — who told Morgan, “I might be a whore but I’m an honest whore” — said she did not want to see Trump imprisoned in her particular case but was open to it in other investigations for what she described as “much more significant crimes.”
“Specific to my case, I do not think his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration,” she said. “The other things he has done, if found guilty, absolutely.”
The ex-star of “The Apprentice” is currently facing charges that carry up to four years in prison.
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