The ninth day of the Manhattan-based hush money trial of former President Donald J. Trump devolved into a gossip-filled and sordid affair. District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s prosecutors called one of the trial’s most anticipated and controversial witnesses — smut peddler Stormy Daniels. A pornographic entertainer, Daniels alleged she engaged in a brief affair with Trump following a 2006 celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.
Daniels’s testimony was a tale of two different ‘characters’ in the witness box. Throughout the prosecution’s questioning, Daniels presented herself as relatively charming and engaged in gossip about her alleged affair with Trump. Before the court started its day, Democrat Judge Juan Merchan warned the prosecution not to delve too far into details as it could be seen as prejudicial.
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The jurors saw a very different Daniels in the defense’s cross-examination. She appeared angry, combative, childish, and vindictive. Arguably, Daniels came across so poorly that she gravely undermined any damage her morning’s testimony inflicted.
PROSECUTION DEFINES DANIELS.
The initial round of questioning focused on establishing professional and biographical details about Daniels. She told prosecutors she preferred