Adult film star Stormy Daniels shared with a Manhattan jury on Tuesday the intricate details of her 2006 encounter with Donald Trump in a penthouse suite. Before engaging in sexual activity, Trump assured Daniels not to worry about his wife and even likened her to his daughter.
- Journalists present in the courtroom recounted Daniels’ testimony, offering a vivid portrayal of her intimate rendezvous with the former president. Trump, currently facing charges in New York related to concealing hush-money payments to Daniels, denies the encounter, marking this trial as the first instance of a former president confronting criminal charges.
Daniels took the stand during the trial’s fourth week to substantiate prosecutors’ claims of Trump’s efforts to cover up a $130,000 payment aimed at silencing her during his 2016 presidential campaign. Allegations against Trump include disguising payments, later compensated to his former lawyer Michael Cohen, as “legal expenses.”
The trial began with testimony from Sally Franklin, an executive and editor at Penguin Random House, the publisher of select Donald Trump books. Excerpts from Trump’s literary works were presented to the jury, highlighting his assertions of meticulous financial oversight.
Earlier witnesses, including former and current finance employees of the Trump Organization, provided testimony regarding payments to Cohen, supplemented by financial documentation, aiming to underscore Trump’s involvement in these transactions.
This New York trial marks the first of four criminal indictments against Trump to proceed to trial, while a federal judge in Florida indefinitely postponed the trial date for Trump’s classified documents case.
During her extensive testimony, Daniels elaborated on her interactions with Donald Trump, delineating their initial encounter at a 2006 golf tournament and subsequent engagements. Despite objections from Trump’s defense team and occasional judicial interventions, Daniels persisted in delivering her narrative, including her decision to sever communication with Trump in 2007 and subsequent encounters marked by threats and attempts to sell her story.
Trump’s defense team endeavored to impugn Daniels’ testimony, scrutinizing her motives and narrative consistency, yet the judge dismissed their motion for a mistrial.
As the trial unfolds, Trump maintains his innocence, expressing dismay on his social media platform and facing penalties for breaching a gag order pertaining to witness commentary.
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