Trump lawyer questions Stormy Daniels' account of sex with Donald Trump
Former US President Donald Trump in New York City in March 2024 and adult film actress Stormy Daniels in October 2018 in Berlin.
Trump, 77, is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up his former lawyer Michael Cohen's $130 000 payment to Daniels, 45, for her silence ahead of the 2016 election about the alleged encounter. Trump has pleaded not guilty and denies ever having sex with Daniels. Trump, wearing a suit and a light blue tie, switched between leaning forward and looking at a small computer monitor on the defense table displaying evidence, and looking directly at Daniels while his lawyer questioned Daniels' story.
Daniels' story of the alleged encounter has been public since 2018, and it may not matter much to voters who have already heard other stories of Trump's alleged sexual misbehaviour. Before the lunch break on Thursday, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche said the defense would renew its motion for a mistrial on the basis of Daniels' testimony and challenge the judge's gag order on Trump as it relates to Daniels.Daniels, wearing a black cardigan over a green dress, remained defiant in the face of Necheles' aggressive questioning and frequently snapped back at her with witty retorts.
Merchan has fined Trump $10 000 for talking about jurors and witnesses in the trial and warned that further violations of a gag order that is in place could land him in jail.
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