Stormy Daniels testified about her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Donald Trump on Day 13 of the former president’s criminal hush money trial.
Jurors on Tuesday heard a graphic description of the alleged sexual encounter Donald Trump sought to bury ahead of the 2016 presidential election for fear of it torpedoing his campaign. And instead of a tabloid audience, adult film star Stormy Daniels’ account on Tuesday had the attention of a jury.
It was the first time Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels had come face-to-face in more than a decade.
Trump is on trial for allegedly falsifying business records to hide the reimbursement of a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 election. The former president has denied all wrongdoing.
Daniels’ description of sex, the absence of a condom, and other salacious details prompted repeated objections from attorneys for Trump, often at his urging. His legal team later mounted an unsuccessful bid for a mistrial, citing the “extraordinarily prejudicial” commentary from Daniels.
Under cross-examination, Trump attorney Susan Necheles succeeded in drawing out Daniels’ animosity for Trump — but appeared to fall short of challenging core elements of the case, or even Daniels’ recollection of the alleged encounter.
The trial resumes Thursday morning with Daniels returning to the stand.
Here are four takeaways from Day 13 of the trial.
Stormy Daniels testified in vivid detail on Tuesday about her alleged tryst with Donald Trump nearly two decades ago — an encounter that Trump continues to deny — providing jurors with in-depth and at times graphic depictions of her alleged night with the former president.
“At some point did you end up on the bed having sex with him?” prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked.
