Stormy Daniels, a porn star who says she had an affair with Donald Trump, is fighting an agreement that stops her discussing the issue

The CrowdJustice website is usually a beacon of high-minded legal activism. It typically plays host to environmental activists or immigrants needing funds to fight deportation. But now it has rocketed to prominence thanks to an unexpected patron: a porn star.

Since Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels, started using the site to raise funds for her legal battle with President Donald Trump, it has become the focal point of a struggle that may have serious ramifications.

Daniels is trying to break a “hush” agreement signed in 2016, during the presidential campaign, that stops her telling the full story of her alleged affair with Trump and efforts to gag her.

The scale of her task was made clear on Friday when Trump weighed in on the scandal