Witness describes sex
Stormy Daniels’ statement clearly makes Trump uncomfortable
May 8, 2024, 5:43 a.m
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In the hush money trial against Donald Trump, the most important witness testifies: Former porn actress Stormy Daniels doesn’t spare any details about the intimate encounter with the then real estate mogul, while he listens with a tormented expression on his face.
Porn actress Stormy Daniels testified as a witness in the hush money trial against former US President Donald Trump. She entered the courtroom without noticing Trump, who was staring straight ahead. At the beginning of her testimony, Daniels described meeting Trump on a golf course in 2006. The film studio she worked for at the time sponsored one of the holes during a celebrity tournament. Finally, Trump came by with a group and they started talking. She spoke to him about the porn film industry and her work as a director. Trump remarked that she had to be “the smart one” if she made films, Daniels recalled. She later met Trump again. He remembered her as “the smart one” and invited her to dinner.
Daniels said she accepted the offer to avoid having dinner with colleagues from the porn industry. Before dinner, Trump greeted her in his hotel room in his pajamas, but then changed clothes and inquired in detail about the business aspects of the adult film industry without becoming suggestive. After about two hours, she went to the bathroom and when she returned, Trump was sitting on the bed in his boxer shorts and T-shirt. His intentions were pretty clear and he said, “I thought we were making progress.” After all, she slept with him.
Daniels described the “brief” sexual encounter in great detail. She said she didn’t feel physically or verbally threatened, but she did feel a power imbalance because Trump was bigger and blocked her path. In addition, a bodyguard for the then real estate mogul was waiting outside the door. After sex, she could hardly get her shoes because her hands were shaking so much. “He said, ‘Oh, it was great. Let’s meet again soon, darling.’ I just wanted to go.”
At that time, Trump was already married to his wife Melania and their son Barron had just been born. Daniels said Trump told her that he and Melania didn’t sleep in the same room.
Trump’s lawyers want to overturn the trial
Trump listened to Daniels’ testimony with a pained expression and growing impatience, occasionally muttering something to his lawyers. According to Daniels’ statements, they tried in vain to have the proceedings regarding hush money payments stopped. Judge Juan Merchan rejected a defense request to declare the trial invalid due to procedural errors. The lawyers argued that Daniel’s testimony contained irrelevant details that were detrimental to Trump. After such testimony, there could no longer be a fair trial for Trump, said his lawyer Todd Blanche.
Daniels is a key witness for the prosecution. Ten years after the incident, shortly before Trump’s election as president, she is said to have received hush money to keep the married Republican front-runner’s alleged misstep secret. Trump denies having a sexual encounter with Daniels. The ex-president is accused in the trial of falsifying business documents to conceal the true purpose of a $130,000 payment to Daniels. Daniels is expected to take the stand again on Thursday.