NEW YORK (AP) – Stormy Daniels will return to the witness stand Thursday in the trial where former President Donald Trump is accused of paying to silence damaging revelations during the defense trying to undermine the credibility of the porn actress’s secret testimony about the sexual incident she says. and the money they paid him to keep quiet.
The trial against the former president begins with defense attorneys questioning Daniels, whose story is at the heart of prosecutors’ case against Trump of conspiring to illegally influence the 2016 presidential campaign by disproving unflattering stories about him.
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Trump watched in the courtroom as Daniels recounted for hours Tuesday an unexpected sexual encounter with her in 2006. Trump denies they ever had sex. . However, ten years later, Trump’s lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, paid him to remain silent in the last weeks of the presidential campaign.
Daniels’ testimony was a dramatic moment in the only possible criminal case against a Republican presidential candidate who will go to trial before voters decide in November. should they send him back to the White House. Trump has pleaded not guilty, denying any wrongdoing and portraying himself as a victim of a politically corrupt justice system working to deny him another term.
Trump’s lawyers have tried to portray Daniels as a liar and terrorist trying to bring down the former president after he made money and fame from her story about him. At times Daniels resisted direct questions, denying the idea that he tried to undermine Trump.
2024-05-09 21:41:32
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