Hey and welcome to our dwell protection of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in New York.
We’ll choose up the place we left off on Tuesday, with testimony from one among prosecutors’ star witnesses – grownup movie actor Stormy Daniels.
On Tuesday, talking at a speedy tempo, she walked us by the occasions that led as much as her alleged sexual encounter with Trump (which Trump has denied ever occurred).
Daniels usually supplied salacious particulars that even the choose himself stated “would have been higher left unsaid”.
She informed the courtroom about how Trump greeted her in silk pyjamas in his resort room, and the way they’d an extended chat at a eating room desk earlier than allegedly had intercourse.
She additionally spoke of the aftermath – how she tried to promote the story of the alleged encounter at factors however finally determined to signal a non-disclosure settlement, for which Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen paid her $130,000.
Daniels proved to be a troublesome witness for prosecutors throughout her morning testimony.
However after some route from prosecutors (and Trump’s attorneys calling for a mistrial), her afternoon testimony proved extra succinct.
We’ll see the way it performs out right now.
