Stormy Daniels’ wild salacious testimony during the “hush money” trial could help President Donald Trump overturn his bogus “guilty” verdict on appeal, legal experts believe.
Legal analysts have identified a number of ways Trump could challenge the conviction.
They have specifically pointed to Daniels’ prejudicial and shifting account of their alleged 2006 affair.
In a 2018 interview with comedian Bill Maher, Daniels had described the claimed tryst as awkward but “not a Me Too case.”
“I wasn’t attacked, or raped, or coerced or blackmailed,” she told Maher.
“They tried to shove me in the Me Too box to further their own agenda.
“And first of all, I didn’t want to be part of that because it’s not the truth and I’m not a victim in that regard,” she said.
As a trial witness, Daniels sang a different tune, however.
She suggested the encounter was non-consensual during her irrelevant statements that were designed to smear Trump before the jury.
Daniels was using language like “blacked out” and “power imbalance” as she sought to paint herself as a victim.
Judge Juan Merchan refused two requests from Trump’s lawyers to declare a mistrial over Daniels’ graphic and salacious testimony.
Merchan’s move has been