After one day of testimony that was by turns seamy and grim, Stormy Daniels returned to the stand Thursday to be cross-examined by Trump’s lawyers.
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What to know
- Stormy Daniels' testimony Tuesday brought the trial, which had for days featured comparatively dull testimony about accounting and records-keeping procedures, to a crescendo, as the porn star and director gave a detailed account of how she met Donald Trump. She recounted their sexual encounter in a Lake Tahoe hotel room that, as she recalled, featured a degree of coercion.
- She went on to testify to her various attempts to tell her story, and to an incident in a Las Vegas parking lot in 2011 when a man threatened her, demanding she stay silent.
- Trump's lawyers seized on her testimony, and, in particular, argued that the suggestion that she may have been assaulted by Trump was intended to "inflame" the jury and was grounds for a mistrial. Judge Juan Merchan disagreed, but scolded prosecutors for eliciting “things that would probably have been better left unsaid” and Trump's lawyers for not objecting more.
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After one day of testimony that was by turns seamy and grim, Stormy Daniels returned to the stand Thursday to be cross-examined by Trump’s lawyers.
Follow along with us below.
I’m curious what she will say that isn’t already known.
What I would give to have a camera on
TSFduring her testimony!That President Trump is such a nice man: Handsome, hot, and wealthy. We are raising our boys to be just like him and our girls to be appealing. This is America’s future!
Curious too. She has spoken a lot but sense she is smart. She probably knows what is legally important.
Interested to see what she knows of the machinations of the payment structure, even if on a high level. Even knowing Cohen was being reimbursed.
If she and Cohen ever had a conversation or texts, which both collaborate, seems it could be important.
Like will Donnie nod off while she’s on the stand?