Former President Donald Trump walks to speak to reporters at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024 in New York.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was called to the witness stand mid-morning, following testimony from a Penguin Random House executive. Merchan said there were guardrails in place and that he sustained most of the defense’s objections — but that there should have been more.The prosecution in Donald Trump’s hush money trial defended witness Stormy Daniels testimony after defense attorneys asked for a mistrial following a lunch break on Tuesday.
Hoffinger also disputed the defense’s contention that much of Daniels’ testimony was at odds with her prior statements. “This is not a new account,” Hoffinger said.Donald Trump’s lawyers asked for a mistrial in his hush money case following testimony before the lunch break from porn actor Stormy Daniels that they say ran afoul of rules established for her taking the witness stand.
A post published to Trump’s Truth Social account just before court resumed read: “THE PROSECUTION, WHICH HAS NO CASE, HAS GONE TOO FAR. MISTRIAL!”MAYOR SAYS NEW YORK CITY’S JAIL SYSTEM WILL BE READY IF IT HAS TO HOUSE FORMER PRESIDENT Daniels said she had no intent of approaching Michael Cohen or Donald Trump to have them purchase her story about her encounter with Trump. “My motivation wasn’t money, it was to get the story out,” she testified before the lunch break.
Daniels testified that when she was approached with Cohen’s $130,000 offer: “I didn’t care about the amount, I just wanted to get it done.”Before Donald Trump’s hush money trial recessed for lunch Tuesday, Stormy Daniels testified that in 2011 — a few years after “The Apprentice” possibility died and she had stopped talking with Trump — she learned from her agent that the story had made its way to a magazine.
She recalled spending about two hours there — highlighted by Trump’s fascination with the Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week,” which was on the television, and little news about her chances of appearing on his show, “The Apprentice.” Daniels testified that Trump repeatedly propositioned her to go home with him that night, but that she declined his advances. At the same time, she said, she didn’t want to close off the possibility of appearing on “The Apprentice,” which Trump had suggested was possible.
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