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Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial continued on Tuesday at Manhattan Criminal Court with the testimony of adult film actor Stormy Daniels.
She regaled jurors with how she met the former president, their now-infamous sexual encounter in July 2006, and events leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
After lunch, the defence moved for a mistrial given her “prejudicial” evidence, which was denied by Judge Juan Merchan.
As cross-examination began, Ms Daniels was confronted about whether she hates Mr Trump and wants to see him in jail — to which she replied she wants to see him held accountable.
On Monday, the jury heard from Jeffrey McConney and Deborah Tarasoff, about the paper trail within the Trump Organization leading to Michael Cohen’s $130,000 payment to Daniels to ensure her silence about the sexual encounter, which his inner circle feared could sink his campaign.
Earlier that day, the former president was found in contempt of court for a tenth time, fined another $1,000 and warned that the next violation of his gag order would result in jail time.
The Independent’s Alex Woodward is covering the trial at Manhattan Criminal Court.
Key Points
- Stormy Daniels wants Trump to be ‘held accountable’
- Stormy Daniels testifies that Trump said she reminded him of his daughter
- Trump told Stormy Daniels he and Melania ‘don’t sleep in the same room‘, she testifies
- Judge threatens Trump with jail over gag order violations
- Stormy Daniels may seal Trump’s fate. How did a porn star become one of the most powerful people in politics?
Trial hears Trump used personal checking account to reimburse Michael Cohen for hush money payment
Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial finally got to see the paper trail for payments to Michael Cohen for buying the silence of adult film star Stormy Daniels, whose story about a sexual encounter with Mr Trump allegedly threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign.
Those payments included checks bearing the former president’s Sharpie-inked signature, according to documents shown in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday.
A bulk of those monthly $35,000 checks – sent to Cohen during Mr Trump’s first year as president – came out of Mr Trump’s own personal checking account.
Alex Woodward has the details...
Trump used personal checking account to reimburse Michael Cohen for Stormy hush money
Jurors saw Trump’s signed checks to Cohen that included reimbursements for his payments to the adult film star
Oliver O'Connell8 May 2024 04:45 1715136355‘I’ll do that sacrifice’: Trump says he will go to jail over gag order
Donald Trump has said he would rather face jail time than comply with a gag order imposed on him.
“Frankly our Constitution is much more important than jail,” Trump said to press in the hallway of the Manhattan courthouse where he is on trial for allegedly falsifying business records in an alleged bid to cover up hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. “It’s not even close. I’ll do that sacrifice any day.”
Martha McHardy reports:
Trump says he will go to jail over gag order: ‘I’ll do that sacrifice’
The former president has been held in contempt of court for violating a gag order for the 10th time in his hush money trial in New York
Oliver O'Connell8 May 2024 03:45 1715132755Trump told Stormy Daniels he and Melania ‘don’t sleep in the same room’, she testified
Donald Trump told Stormy Daniels back in 2006 that he didn’t “sleep in the same room” as his newlywed wife Melania, according to the adult film star’s courtroom testimony.
In a Manhattan criminal courtroom on Tuesday, Ms Daniels took the witness stand in the former president’s hush money trial and laid out the lead-up to her sexual encounter with Mr Trump in a hotel room in July 2006.
The former president has repeatedly denied that the affair ever happened.
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Stormy Daniels claims Trump told her he and Melania ‘don’t sleep in the same room’
‘Don’t worry about that,’ Ms Daniels testified Mr Trump said of his wife – just one year into their marriage and four months after Barron was born
Kelly Rissman & Alex Woodward8 May 2024 02:45 1715129155Trump’s valet admitted they chose ‘at random’ which boxes of classified documents to return
New unsealed court documents in the Florida case against Donald Trumpthis week reveal the extent of the involvement of Walt Nauta, Trump’s valet, in the storage and handling of classified documents found at the Mar-a-Lago resort and estate in Palm Beach.
The new documents reveal some of Nauta’s answers to questions from FBI agents investigating the case.
John Bowden has the story:
Trump’s valet says they chose ‘at random’ which classified documents to return
Mar-a-Lago valet describes turbulent disorganisation in final days of Trump presidency
Oliver O'Connell8 May 2024 01:45 1715125555Rikers Island ‘prepared’ for Trump if he’s jailed, insists NYC mayor
Rikers Island jail is “prepared to deal with the situation”, should Donald Trump be given prison time over continued violations of his gag order, the New York City mayor has insisted.
Eric Adams was quizzed about the unprecedented situation on Tuesday, but told reporters that the prison would “adjust to whatever comes our way”.
Mike Bedigan reports:
Rikers Island ‘prepared’ for Trump if former president jailed, insists New York mayor
The former president has been threatened with time behind bars multiple times by the presiding judge in his criminal hush money trial, Juan Merchan, after violating a gag order against him
Oliver O'Connell8 May 2024 00:45 1715123755Judge indefinitely postpones Trump’s trial date in Mar-A-Lago classified documents case
A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely delayed the trial date in the special counsel case against Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents after leaving office.
Josh Marcus reports:
Judge indefinitely postpones Trump’s trial in Mar-A-Lago classified documents case
Earliest trial could take place under new schedule is late July
Oliver O'Connell8 May 2024 00:15 1715121955Trump was given the day off for Barron’s graduation. Now he’s headlining a Republican fundraiser
Graig Graziosi reports:
Donald Trump is now planning to headline a political fundraiser on the day he demanded a break in his hush money trial so that he could attend his youngest son Barron’s high school graduation.
On Monday, the Minnesota Republican Party announced that the former president will headline its annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner event on 17 May.
“We are thrilled to welcome President Trump back to Minnesota,” state GOP chairman David Hann said in a statement. “I can think of no one more fitting to join us this year than President Trump.”
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Trump to headline Republican fundraiser on the day of Barron’s graduation
Mr Trump’s busy schedule on 17 May comes after the judge in his hush money trial gave him the day off to attend Barron’s graduation from Oxbridge Academy
7 May 2024 23:45 1715121206Defiant Stormy Daniels comes face to face with Trump in court for tense testimony about ‘jump scare’ hotel sex
The adult film star testified about a highly-publicised sexual encounter from 2006 at the centre of the hush money case, reports Alex Woodward.
Defiant Stormy Daniels reunites with Trump in court
The adult film star testified about a highly-publicised sexual encounter from 2006 at the centre of the hush money case
Graeme Massie7 May 2024 23:33 1715120155Key takeaways from ‘honeybunch’ Stormy Daniels’ testimony at Trump trial
Stormy Daniels’ hotly anticipated testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial finally got under way in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday, with the adult film star revealing intimate details about the alleged affair at the heart of the case.
The Manhattan jurors and Mr Trump alike sat, rapt, listening as she testified about how her meeting with the then-60-year-old real estate mogul at a celebrity golf tournament turned sexual.
Her testimony was so detailed — providing comments about everything from what the floor tiles looked like to Mr Trump’s Hugh Hefner-like pajamas — that the judge warned her to stop including any “unnecessary narrative.”
In the afternoon, the defense team also took issue with Ms Daniels’ testimony, calling for a mistrial. The judge denied the request.
For almost four hours on the 13th day of his hush money trial, Mr Trump was forced to listen to her memory of the romantic liaison that ultimately led to his alleged criminal activity.
The former president is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment to Ms Daniels before the 2016 presidential election in exchange for her keeping quiet over their alleged 2006 affair.
Here are the key takeaways from the dramatic day in court:
‘I swatted him on the butt’: Key takeaways from Stormy Daniels’ Trump trial testimony
In perhaps the most explosive day of testimony to date, Stormy Daniels went into intricate detail about her alleged sexual encounter with the former president
Kelly Rissman & Alex Woodward7 May 2024 23:15 1715118355Fox News host slammed as ‘gross’ for ‘slut shaming’ Stormy Daniels
Mike Bedigan writes:
A Fox News host and commentator have been branded as “gross” and “cruel” for mocking adult film actress Stormy Daniels over parts of her testimony in Donald Trump’s high profile criminal hush money trial.
On Tuesday, Harris Faulkner and Lisa Kennedy Montgomery dismissed Ms Daniels’ claims that she was “nervous” and had “blacked out” during an alleged sexual encounter with the former president, saying that they were “hard to believe” due to her profession.
The pair were later slammed online for their “cackling and cruelty” which was described as “unbelievable” and “slut-shaming”.
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Fox News host slammed for ‘slut shaming’ Stormy Daniels over Trump testimony
On Tuesday, Harris Faulkner and Kennedy Montgomery dismissed Ms Daniels’ claims that she was ‘nervous’ and had ‘blacked out’ during an alleged sexual encounter with the former president
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