For all of Donald Trump’s crying “witch hunt,” it was the woman who played a role in the ex-president’s first indictment, his hush payment payee Stormy Daniels, who was actually attacked in court for being a witch. In 2021, Daniels’ former attorney, Michael Avenatti, went on trial for embezzling almost $300,000 from her. He attempted to prevent Daniels from testifying against him by bringing up her belief in the supernatural, specifically listing instances where she claimed that ghosts made her cut herself and caused her boyfriend to attack her. In a legal filing that Daniels cited on Facebook, Avenatti also argued that her paranormal professions damaged her credibility. “She is a ‘witch’ who practices witchcraft and can rid people of spirits (a ‘service’ for which she charges), and she possesses supernatural powers that allow her to serve as a ‘medium’ to the dead and conduct ‘paranormal investigations,'” it read in part.
In response to the move, Daniels wrote, “This is LITERALLY a modern-day witch hunt.” Avenatti later grilled Daniels over her beliefs in court for five hours, but his ploy didn’t work and he was found guilty of defrauding his former client, per Reuters.
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Daniels also does oracle card readings, and when New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi asked her to do one about Trump in April 2023, what Daniels saw was ominous. “It’s not good,” she said. “To me, this is the perfect combination for a riot or civil war.”
