The criminal trial of Donald Trump, former US president and candidate of the Republican Party in the upcoming elections, has been ongoing in New York for several weeks. The politician and businessman was accused of falsifying business documentation during the final period of the 2016 election campaign. This action was to include, among other things, an attempt to hide PLN 130,000. dollars given in exchange for the silence of Stormy Daniels – a pornographic actress with whom he had an affair. The prosecutor’s office claims that Trump’s goal was to avoid a scandal that could prevent him from winning the presidential election.
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On Tuesday (May 7), Stormy Daniels appeared in the courtroom as a witness. The woman testified that she met Trump in 2006, during a celebrity golf tournament held on Lake Tahoe in Nevada, she reports. CBS News. She claimed that the businessman immediately noticed her because she was introduced as a film director and not just a star. After some time, Trump’s bodyguard allegedly told her that the businessman wanted to meet her for dinner. At first, Daniels refused. “I didn’t know his age, but I knew he was older than my father,” she said. She was 27 years old then, Trump – 60.
Daniels claims that she finally agreed at the urging of her friends. She then contacted the security guard whose number she received and went to the hotel where Trump was staying. During dinner, the businessman allegedly asked her in detail about her career in the pornography industry and about venereal diseases. He encouraged people to participate in his entertainment program “The Apprentice” and said that she “reminds him of his daughter.” – She’s beautiful and smart too. People don’t appreciate her either, the businessman was reported to have said.
Donald Trump allegedly promised Stormy Daniels to appear on a TV show
About two hours later, Daniels allegedly went to the bathroom and returned to find Trump lying on the bed in only a T-shirt and boxers. The woman stated that Trump “was bigger than her and was standing in her way to exit,” but she also testified that she did not feel physically threatened. She admitted that there had been sexual intercourse, but claimed that she did not remember the exact details. – Like I lost consciousness. I wasn’t under the influence of alcohol or drugs. I just don’t remember, she testified
After some time, Daniels and Trump met by chance in one of the clubs. The woman testified that she agreed to the conversation because it took place “in a public place.” After that meeting, Trump allegedly contacted her by phone about once a week. Daniels testified that she did not break off contact at the insistence of her then agent, who claimed that participation in “The Apprentice” could have a beneficial effect on her career.
Stormy Daniels maintains she was not motivated by financial considerations
According to the report NBC News Daniels testified that in January 2007 she met Trump during one of his events. It was then that she met Karen McDougal – a former Playboy model who had an affair with Trump. She was supposed to be the second person to receive money for remaining silent before the presidential elections in 2016. However, Trump still denies these reports. Daniels testified that she last saw Trump in the summer of 2007. She was then said to have rejected his advances, and shortly thereafter received a phone call from him informing her that it would not be possible to participate in the program.
Daniels testified that the idea of selling the story about the affair with Trump to the media was proposed by her agent, Gina Rodriguez. However, she could not find any buyer, and after some time she learned that the businessman himself was interested in paying for the story. It was also Rodriguez herself who allegedly held talks with Trump’s then-lawyer Michael Cohen on this matter. Daniels maintains that she didn’t care about the money and at one point she just wanted the story not to be made public.
