Porn star Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday to testify in former President Donald Trump’s trial.
A $130,000 payment made ahead of the 2016 election to keep Daniels’ quiet about her claims of an affair is at the center of prosecutors’ case, which claims Trump falsified business records to reimburse his former attorney Michael Cohen for the payment.
Judge Juan Merchan denied in March Trump’s request to prevent Daniels, as well as Cohen, from testifying in the trial.
“Locating and purchasing the information from Daniels not only completes the narrative of events that precipitated the falsification of business records but is also probative of the Defendant’s intent,” he wrote.
Today is day 13 of Trump’s trial, and I’m back at the Manhattan courthouse.
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Prosecutors focused on the documents at the center of the case on Monday, showing the jury the allegedly falsified ledgers, invoices and checks through the testimony of two witnesses from the Trump Organization’s accounting department. During the prior two weeks of testimony, prosecutors called witnesses who set up context for the Daniels’ payment, as well as the “conspiracy” to influence the 2016 election they allege Trump was engaged in through the payment to suppress her story, along with two others.
Merchan also ruled Monday that Trump violated his gag order for the tenth time, warning that the court would “have to consider a jail sanction” moving forward.
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If she testifies that there was an affair, after denying it 5 or 6 times, and even in a written statement posted on Twitter in 2018, then she has perjured herself. Cohen had the affair, with her, and then concocted some bs, to pay her off, and get reimbursed by Trump. Along came Avennati, and once again, the story was on again. Last I heard this is called Extortion. Trump,of course said there were photos, in Vegas taken, but that was as far as it went. As a matter of fact, one Court already granted Trump $300,000 from Stormy for the lie. How could she be taken seriously? I would hope that is defense jumped on all of it. She came dressed in “black” and glasses? what was she doing? Going to her own funeral? She has no knowledge of bookkeeping, when she met Trump in 2006, she was going down hill. I guess they thought it would be helpful? Dems went down every Publicity avenue in 2015 and throughout his term to try to take him down. IF this Jury is honest, they will see through the BS!
She is a “Adult Film Actress”. She has demonstrated she has the skills to be either a politician or at least a lobbyist.