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The trial of Donald Trump relating to the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels could land the former US president in prison, author Salman Rushdie told dpa in Berlin on Tuesday. “Well, I think this trial that’s underway now in New York City has a serious possibility of sending him to jail, because the attempt to suppress the Stormy Daniels story was clearly a way of affecting the electoral process by keeping essential information away from voters,” the 76-year-old author said. The public prosecutor’s office in New York accuses Trump of wanting to improve his chances of success in …