Stormy Daniels finished her testimony at former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.
Speaking of which…we don’t even know for sure the crimes Trump allegedly committed: “Bragg has refused to clearly define the crime that Trump was seeking to conceal when payments for a non-disclosure agreement were listed as a legal expense.”
Trump’s team renewed its motion for a mistrial based on the testimony. Merchan denied them again.
His justification? The defense denied the alleged affair ever happened, thus opening the door.
Merchan also repeated his reasons from Tuesday, including that the defense didn’t object. He also admitted that parts of Daniels’ testimony shouldn’t have been said, but again…the defense should have objected.
Merchan also said that the way “Stormy Daniels perceived the event lends Daniels a layer of ‘credibility if the juror chooses to believe them.'”
The alleged affair has nothing to do with whatever supposed crime Trump committed! My goodness.
I do wonder why Trump’s lawyers didn’t object. That boggles my mind a little. They should have objected every time the prosecution asked Daniels a question.
So what happened on Tuesday and Wednesday? Let’s dissect!
We saw people on CNN and MSNBC criticize Daniels’ testimony, which should never have been allowed.
She came off as an opportunistic, snotty lady, primarily responding with sarcasm, enjoying the spotlight she obviously craves.
Merchan allowed Stormy to go in-depth about this alleged affair, but she couldn’t provide “details of genitalia.”
The alleged affair has nothing to do with the case.
In fact, the alleged affair has nothing to do with the trial. As The Washington Post noted, “In a case about bank records, the jury is hearing a lot about sex.”
No wonder Daniels’ testimony consisted of only sex. She told Trump’s lawyer, Susan Necheles, that she didn’t know directly about Trump’s involvement in the $130,000 payment to her.
On Tuesday, Daniels admitted she wanted to make money by getting her story out. She also admitted she hates Trump, wants to hold him accountable, and won’t pay the $293,000 legal fees awarded to Trump after her defamation case against him ended up dismissed.
Trump’s team asked for a mistrial, which Judge Merchan denied.
Then Merchan had the nerve to say, “I agree that it would have been better if some of these things had been left unsaid.”
Gee, maybe limit the scope of testimonies?
On Thursday, Necheles pressed Daniels about the agreement she signed that denied the affair.
Daniels admitted she received almost $1,000,000 to tell her story about the alleged affair.
But when Necheles asked Daniels if she wanted to say out loud that she had sex with Trump, she said, “No, no one would ever want to publicly say that.”
Oh, Daniels also confirmed she can speak to dead people.
The alleged affair is now non-consensual, according to Daniels on Tuesday. Yeah, that all of a sudden changed. Then it changed again on Thursday:
While some of the details Daniels offered Tuesday when prosecutors were questioning her sounded at times like nonconsensual sex between the two, Daniels said Thursday that Trump did not force himself on her.“He did not put his hands on me, he did not give me any sort of drugs or alcohol, and he did not hold me, threaten me,” she said. “My own insecurities in that moment kept me from saying no.”
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