It will be the 1st time #Trump & #StormyDaniels see each other face to face since her accusations. He denies they had sex. Daniels has spoken about him & his body in a pretty let’s go w/ “candid” way.

In her book Full Disclosure she wrote that whenever she saw him on TV for years she’d think:

“‘I had sex with that,’ I’d say to myself. Eech.”

#TrumpTrial #law
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Stormy Daniels' tell-all book on Trump: salacious detail and claims of cheating

Exclusive: pornographic actor says Trump ‘didn’t want to be president’ in her book Full Disclosure

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Back to court

#Trump did not answer reporters’s questions about his morning Truth Social post.

One of Trump's lawyers, Susan #Necheles, appears to be taking her seat to Trump’s right— suggesting she will be the one to cross-examine #StormyDaniels.

Show’s about to start, doubt Trump will be sleeping today.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #StochasticTerrorism #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics

#StormyDaniels is expected to be the second witness today.

#Trump's lawyer #Necheles, begins by objecting to Daniels testifying, including “any details” of any “sexual act.”

Susan Hoffinger, a prosecutor, is arguing that these details are key to the case — & that this issue has already been settled. She says that details that are too salacious will not be admitted, but that the story is “significant” & important to prosecutors in terms of Daniels’s credibility.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial

#Trump keeps trying to talk to #Nechele while she’s lodging objections to prosecutors arguments as to why they should be able to question #StormyDaniels on “some details” so, he talks to his other lawyer, Todd #Blanche.

Susan #Hoffinger, a prosecutor, clarifies that Daniels will not describe “genitalia.”

Justice #Merchan concedes that Daniels’s may have “credibility issues,” but that it’s up to the jury to determine that.

Merchan seems a little nervous.

#law #TrumpTrial #ElectionInterference

The first #witness today is #SallyFranklin, who works at Penguin Random House, a publisher.

[#StormyDaniels is the 2nd]

Franklin is a #CustodialWitness — here to verify facts that Trump's lawyers have not agreed to — she will testify about 2 books that #Trump wrote, including “Trump: How to Get Rich” & “Trump: Think Like a Billionaire,” both published by Ballantine, a Penguin Random House imprint.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

The cover of #Trump’s book, “How to Get Rich,” is displayed for the jury.

The book cover includes the tagline: “Big deals from the star of The Apprentice.”

The book is described on Amazon as a tell-all “about the lessons learned from The Apprentice,” as well as “his most important role, as a father who has successfully taught his children the value of money & hard work.”

😂🤣

The prosecutor & Franklin discuss what percentage of the cover the word “Trump” takes up.

#TrumpTrial #criminal #law

Rebecca #Mangold, the prosecutor, has Sally Franklin to read #Trump’s written words from these books, including the following:

“For many years, I’ve said that if someone screws you, screw them back”

“When somebody hurts you, just go after them as viciously & as violently as you can. Like it says in the Bible, an eye for an eye.”

“All the women on ‘The Apprentice’ flirted with me."

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

Prosecutor #Mangold has Sally Franklin describe a chapter of a book in which #Trump, in his own words, describes his frugality, including looking over bills to “make sure I’m not being overcharged.”

This goes toward his micromanagement & supports the argument that there was now way he was unaware of what he was paying #MichaelCohen, or what the money was for.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

The prosecution is using #Trump himself as a witness.

In his own words — as laid out in his books — Trump is describing how he keeps a focus on minute details & watches every penny.

He also describes how he sees sexual potential in random women that he encounters 🤮

His written word, drawn from his books & read into the record, are damning.

He discusses his tendencies towards #revenge, flirtatious behavior & frugality.

“Even in high-end shops, I bargain. I hate paying retail.”

#TrumpTrial

#Trump lawyer Todd #Blanche is on cross-examination of Sally Franklin.

His argument is that Meredith McIver, the ghost-writer, was behind the language, as opposed to Trump.

Trump himself has always insisted that all of the words printed in his name are his. During the White House years, Trump aides would implausibly claim on the record that Trump’s speeches were written by him.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

The cross-examination is over. There will be some more questions from the prosecutor, Rebecca Mangold. But we are likely just minutes away from the testimony of #StormyDaniels.

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

Franklin, on re-direct, is testifying about one of Trump's books that he was directly involved in, rebutting defense's argument that someone else’s work was behind it.

Perhaps the most significant excerpt, #Trump writes about the importance of personally signing checks.

He wrote that he didn’t like to let a computer to sign, bc when the boss did it, employees knew he was paying attention.

Some of the false documents at issue in the case are checks, with Trump’s signature.

#TrumpTrial #law

“The people call #StormyDaniels,” Susan #Hoffinger says. She takes the stand & is sworn in with her hand raised.

Daniels sounds nervous as she spells her name.

Several members of the jury noticeably perked up when Stormy Daniels's name was called as a #witness.

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

#StormyDaniels says she prefers her stage name as opposed to her given name — Stephanie Clifford.

She is testifying under subpoena.

Daniels talks about her early life: raised in Baton Rouge, wanted to be a veterinarian, editor of her high school newspaper, she got a scholarship from Texas A&M, was part of equestrian club, & was in a ballet company.

Her parents split up when she was young, they had very little money, said her mother was neglectful & would often disappear.

#TrumpTrial #law

#StormyDaniels begins to talk about her career as a dancer — she began stripping, she says, because she made more money doing it than she did “shoveling manure” — the work she had done previously at a stable.

She is nervous as she speaks.

Daniels says when she was 21, she "went on to pose for some magazines to get some accolades" to be able to go on tour.
After that she started working in adult film industry.

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

#StormyDaniels says she went w/ “a girlfriend of mine … I was so scared, I was an extra completely clothed on shoots, the director asked me if I would do it... I got offered a contract...l was 23...”

As Stormy Daniels talks about moving from stripping to acting in adult films, she is talking very quickly, understandably, she is a witness talking about starting to act in adult films in front of a courtroom full of reporters & the fmr president of the US.

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial

Susan #Hoffinger, the prosecutor, takes #StormyDaniels thru talking about writing & directing adult films - focusing on the #professional aspects of the industry & giving Daniels credit for not just acting but steering her productions.

Prosecutors have made a point to note that Daniels did nude modeling & adult films as a way to make money & survive.

Daniels goes thru her CV, including mainstream movies she appeared in like “The 40-Year-Old Virgin.”

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial

#StormyDaniels details how she recently got fired from a podcast because she was reluctant to continue talking about this case & about politics. This is an important bit of testimony that could rebut Trump’s lawyers’ argument that Daniels has made a career off of her sexual encounter w/ #Trump.

Daniels is now describing the golf tournament at Lake Tahoe in 2006 where she met Trump. She says she knew that he was “as old or older than my father.”

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial

The prosecutor asks if #StormyDaniels met #Trump on the golf course at Lake Tahoe in 2006.

Daniels: "Yes I did."
She Trump saying when she said she was a director, "You must be smart..."

Daniels says she didn’t have a very substantive discussion w/Trump & didn’t know much about him. She knew he was a golfer, she says — they were on a golf course — & that he worked in reality TV. And she knew of his show, “The Apprentice.”

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial

Jurors are seeing the infamous photo of #StormyDaniels & #Trump at the golf tourn.

Daniels says that she was approached by “Keith,” [Keith Schiller] Trump’s bodyguard who asked her to dinner. She says he took her number, though she refused the invitation.

Daniels says her initial reaction to Trump’s invitation was, “Fuck No!”

After she rejected Trump’s dinner request, her publicist told her to accept saying it'll be a great story, & what could possibly go wrong.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial

#StormyDaniels is now talking about meeting #Trump for dinner.

The prosecutor asks her what her expectations were.

Daniels: I didn't really have
expectations

Daniels said when she entered the hotel room Trump was wearing satin pajamas, & she said “does Hugh Hefner know you stole his pajamas?"
She asked him to change, & he did.

Prosecutor: did [Trump] ask about your work?

Daniels says Trump asked how much money she made, if she got residuals, if she was tested for STD's

#law #TrumpTrial

#Trump was 60 at the time of this meeting, & #StormyDaniels was 27.

Daniels says that Trump asked further about testing for STDs

She told him she picked adult film production companies because of their contraceptive requirements & could show him her complete records & that she never had a bad test result.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

As #StormyDaniels is talking, #Trump whispers to his lawyer. He can’t stand feeling or appearing weak or powerless. But that’s exactly what he is here as Daniels is describing, in extensive detail, an encounter he continues to maintain didn’t happen.

She describes Trump’s suite in Lake Tahoe in minute detail, every aspect down to the color of the tiles.

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#Trump is a germophobe. #StormyDaniels previously said that they had sex w/o a condom. Her testimony about Trump asking how frequently she was tested for STDs — helps explain this.

Daniels says that during the dinner, she asked about his wife. She says he told her not to worry because the 2 did not “even sleep in the same room.” Trump & Melania were married in 2005, the year before this encounter.

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During the dinner, #Trump showed #StormyDaniels a bunch of magazines w/himself on the cover.

Daniels says she asked, “Are you always this rude? Are you always this arrogant & pompous? Like you don’t even know how to have a conversation.”

“He would ask me questions...not let me finish..."

Daniels said she told Trump, “someone should spank you with that" & swatted him w/magazine.

Trump clearly mouths “bullshit” as Daniels retells playfully spanking him w/a rolled-up magazine.

#law #TrumpTrial

#StormyDaniels says #Trump said "you remind me of my daughter. she's smart & beautiful & people underestimate her as well.”

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

He suggested she appear on "The Apprentice."

Daniels says Trump inquired her about her adult film female coworkers asking,

“Do you hook up off camera, do you sleep with each other off camera...?”

Then he asked her to call a friend.

🤮🤮🤮🤮

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

#StormyDaniels says that it was #Trump himself who invited her to come on “The Apprentice,” not the other way around. Daniels is suggesting she wasn’t the one trying to use “The Apprentice” — he was, for sex.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

After break, Justice #Merchan asks if the defense spoke to #Trump & admonishes the prosecutors, specifically #Hoffinger, saying that the level of detail they’re eliciting from #StormyDaniels is unnecessary. (Weird bc defense didn’t lodge any objections)

This is a reminder that juries, even in the most prominent cases, almost never hear the full story. The evidence they are permitted to consider is balanced against the possible prejudice it could have against the defendant.

#law #TrumpTrial

#StormyDaniels is talking about going to the bathroom in Trump’s hotel suite.

She says she’d been there a while & had drank several bottles of water.

Daniels says #Trump directed her there via the bedroom, the bed was unmade.

She says she remembers seeing a “leather-looking” toiletry bag on the counter w/ Old Spice & “manicure stuff” that was gold.

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#StormyDaniels says she came out of the bathroom & found that #Trump was in the bedroom, waiting for her, in his boxer shorts & a T-shirt. She had been planning to go, she said. He was seated on the bed, between her & the exit.

Justice #Merchan is noticeably upset, & Daniels seems confused, after some objections, about what to answer from prosecutors. We are in an intense, intense moment here.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

#StormyDaniels is describing a remarkably intense encounter.

“What did I misread to get here,” she says she thought. She says she tried to leave & #Trump blocked her path, he didn’t threaten her she said, but she noted his size being much larger than her own.

Then she says she “blacked out,” though she did not take alcohol or drugs. At this point, the judge — who has sustained one objection & seems unusually angry — called for a sidebar. He sustains another objection.

#law #TrumpTrial

#Hoffinger, the prosecutor, is now asking #StormyDaniels about having had sex w/ #Trump. “Did you at some point end up on the bed having sex with him?” Hoffinger asks. Daniels says yes. When she describes the position they were in [missionary], the defense objects, & the objection is sustained.

The defense has been objecting to many questions & the judge has been sustaining a lot of them. He is not happy about this testimony.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

The defense has been objecting to many questions & Justice #Merchan has been sustaining a lot of them. He is not happy about this testimony.

Despite being explicit this is RELEVANT testimony, given that this encounter is at the heart of the prosecution's case.

But it may be a risk for prosecutors depending on what jurors make of it.

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #StormyDaniels #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked #StormyDaniels, "Did you end up on the bed having sex with him?"

"Yes," she said, adding, “The next thing I know, I was on the bed, somehow on the opposite side of the bed from where we had been standing. I had my clothes & my shoes off," she said.

The prosecution asked Daniels if she felt anything "unusual" while having sex w/ #Trump. The defense objected & the objection was sustained.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

Prosecutor #Hoffinger asked #StormyDaniels if #Trump was wearing a condom.

Daniels: “No.”

Asked if that was concerning to her, Daniels said, “yes,” but she did not say anything about it to Trump, & that the sex itself was brief.

Daniels said that after she had sex w/Trump, he said to her, "Oh it was great, let’s get together again honey bunch.”

"I just left as fast as I could," she testified.

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#StormyDaniels describes herself being traumatized by the encounter: shaking, bewildered, wondering “how I got” to the place of having sex w/ #Trump. But she says she didn’t say no, “because I didn’t say anything at all.”

Daniels says that while she didn't object in the moment, she also didn’t enjoy it, & that she felt there was an “imbalance” in the power dynamic between the two.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

#StormyDaniels testified that #Trump did NOT ask her to keep their sexual encounter confidential.

“He didn’t give me anything, he didn’t offer to pay me or give me his cell phone number or anything like that," Daniels said.

Daniels went on to say that Trump also did not express any concern about his wife finding out.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

Experts on traumatic sexual experiences say that a person's perception of such encounters can change over time, & that the most traumatic details may emerge only later.

So any arguments that the ominous overtones of #StormyDaniels’s testimony about her sexual encounter w/ #Trump were not present in early versions of this story is evidence that she is not being truthful is bunk.

#BelieveSurvivors #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney