Former porn star Stormy Daniels, a key character in Donald Trump’s political trial in New York, gave harsh and detailed testimony on Tuesday about the sexual relationship she says she had in 2006 with the vice president of the United States, program at the heart of the matter.
His testimony was especially expected because Donald Trump, who denies any sexual relationship with Stormy Daniels, is accusing him of a hidden payment of $130,000 to the actress at the end of the presidential campaign 2016 to buy her silence.
It happened in a tense situation, and the defense asked, in vain, to dismiss the trial completely, because the story went beyond the scope of the case and was “extremely prejudicial” to the Republican candidate in the White House.
Nervous but talkative, the 45-year-old actress described in detail that day in 2006 when, on the sidelines of a golf tournament, she met Donald Trump, then a figure in the world of business and jet set.
After “a very brief meeting”, a member of security “(told me) ‘Mr Trump would like to know if you would like to have dinner with him'”, she said, in front of an obvious jury, while the person involved remained ineligible.
– “My shame” –
In a black pantsuit, thick eyeliner on her eyes, Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, then recalled the hotel room “which was three times the size of my apartment”.
She is talking about a rather fun conversation, when Donald Trump takes an interest in her. With my wife Melania “we don’t sleep in the same room”, he confides in her, according to his testimony.
The billionaire reportedly made an appearance on his hit reality show, “The Apprentice.”
Then, answering questions from prosecutor Susan Hoffinger, Stormy Daniels describes this moment when she came out of the bathroom, according to her account, she found Donald Trump without clothes on the bed.
“I felt the blood leave my hands, and my legs like when you get up too fast,” she remembered. If she did not feel threatened, she makes sure that the businessman’s intention was “very clear” and that the “balance of power was unbalanced”.
“I ended up having sex with him,” she said, specifying, at the prosecutor’s request, that Donald Trump was not wearing a condom. “I was ashamed that I didn’t stop him, not to say no” and “I told very few people,” she said.
It seemed that Judge Juan Merchan was disturbed by some questions from the prosecutor, while the defense of Donald Trump asked not to announce the sexual relationship.
– Shell Company –
Stormy Daniels says she met Donald Trump several times again, and had no further contact.
According to his account, when the billionaire started the race for the White House, his agent advised him to cash in on his story. In the previous months, an American tabloid, whose boss was close to Donald Trump, had already paid twice to buy exclusive rights to similar stories, which he had never published.
The $130,000 was paid to Stormy Daniels by the billionaire’s ex-lawyer, Michael Cohen, through a shell company. He was reimbursed in 2017 by Donald Trump’s business arm, the Trump Organization, for expenses billed as “legal fees” at the heart of the lawsuits.
The Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election will appear before a jury for 34 counts of falsification of accounting documents, which could earn the former president of the United States the first criminal conviction and, in theory, a prison sentence .
Donald Trump’s lawyers deny any wrongdoing.
Even if he is convicted, Donald Trump could still run on November 5 against Joe Biden.
Since the payment was published by the Wall Street Journal in January 2018, in the middle of Donald Trump’s presidential mandate, the latter has continued to deny any relationship with the former movie star American pornographic.
He attacked her credibility and called her “horse face.”
The judge banned Donald Trump from publicly attacking witnesses or jurors outside the courtroom and has already fined him ten $1,000 fines, the maximum amount, for so many violations of this prohibition.
On Monday, he threatened to be jailed for the second time if he did it again.
2024-05-07 20:17:48
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