Stormy Danielsthe testimony of Donald TrumpTuesday’s secret trial went too far and arrest warrants a mistrial, tried to argue his lawyers. Part of the culprit? A detail about condoms the night of alleged sexual intercourse.
The adult film actress testified about her affair with Trump in 2006, including some salacious details, and according to Trump’s lawyer Todd Blancheshe told a story that was “very different” from her previous descriptions of her time with Trump.
According to Blanche, that of Daniels account The fact that Trump was not wearing a condom, that Daniels was passed out, “the size of the two individuals”, the spacing in the room and “the fact that the bodyguard was not in the room” were different from the encounter consensual described by Daniels in press interviews in 2016.
“That’s not the story we heard today,” Blanche said judge Juan Merchanadding that Daniels’ testimony Tuesday was a “completely different story.”
“How can you ring the bell?” » argued Blanche.
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger responded that Daniels’ testimony was “highly probative” of Trump’s intent and said it was “not true” that Daniels was telling a new story, since the actress had previously spoken about the absence of a condom.
“It’s not new. This is not a new account,” Hoffinger said. “Their position that this is an entirely new story is not accurate.”
Merchan said he agreed with Blanche’s account that some things should not have been said and that Daniels as a witness was “a little difficult to control”, but that a mistrial would not was still not justified. In fact, he told Blanche that Trump’s legal team should have raised more objections to Daniels’ testimony.
“I will also note that I was surprised there weren’t more objections” coming from the defense table, Merchan said, adding that the defense needs to take more responsibility.
“I don’t believe we’ve reached the point where a mistrial is ordered,” Merchan said, noting that “the more a story was changed,” the more opportunity Trump’s team would have to cross-examine Daniels.
Trump is on trial on 34 counts of allegedly falsifying business records with the intent to commit an underlying crime by paying Daniels to cover up their affair through his fixer Michael Cohen, before the 2016 election. The details Daniels provided in court Tuesday about their sexual affair leave Trump little room to dismiss her allegations under penalty of perjury. He is subject to a gag order in which he has already violated 10 times, to the tune of a $10,000 fine, and has been warned that the next violation will send him to prison.
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