Stormy Daniels is an ‘inconsistent’ witness but bombshell testimony will convince Americans of Trump affair, lawyer says
A LEGAL expert says he’s confident Americans will believe Stormy Daniels had an affair with Donald Trump but her history could affect how jurors perceive her testimony.
Daniels concluded her detailed and sometimes graphic testimony about Trump on Thursday, the 14th day of his criminal trial in downtown Manhattan.
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Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges in his hush money trial and denies ever having an affair with Daniels.
In court this week, things got heated as adult film star Daniels was cross-examined by Trump’s lawyer, Susan Necheles.
During the court proceedings, Daniels accused the attorney of “trying to trick me into saying something that’s not entirely true,” when being questioned about social media posts she made in the past.
She was also pressed on “made-up stories” in her adult films, which saw her tell the defense lawyer, “The sex in my films is real like just like happened in that hotel room.”
While the adult star’s demeanor was said to be unflustered and steady during the trial, former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani does not believe this is enough for the jurors to trust her.
“She’s given a lot of inconsistent testimony, both on the stand and during the past 8 years or so,” he told The U.S. Sun.
“Today, she said that she wanted to get her story out. Well, she took more than $100,000 to keep her story quiet. And she’s gone back and forth between saying two very different things.
“I think jurors and the American people, they are going to believe her testimony that the affair happened, notwithstanding all these inconsistencies.”
During the trial, Necheles also pointed out that Daniels had previously signed multiple statements in 2018 denying she ever had any sexual involvement with Trump or received any hush money.
Daniels snapped back, claiming that her then-lawyer, Keith Davidson, advised her to sign it.
Necheles continued to appear to undermine the adult star’s credibility.
At one point, she brought up Daniels’ previous claims that her New Orleans home was “haunted” and spirits at the house attacked her.
However, despite Daniels’ history, Rahmani believes that her testimony could affect how the American people view Trump.
“Politically, Stormy Daniels did a lot of damage to the former president,” he said.
“She talked about the sordid details of the affair; how she was threatened by someone in the parking lot not to tell her story; how she felt fear, and that she couldn’t leave the hotel room.”
Can Donald Trump still be president if he is convicted before the election?
The U.S. Sun spoke to a legal expert on the question of whether Donald Trump can still serve as president if he is in prison.
“If Donald Trump is found guilty, even if he’s sentenced to prison, which is unlikely in the New York case, he can still be president,” former prosecutor Neama Rahmani told The U.S. Sun.
“There’s nothing prohibiting a convicted felon from being president of the United States.
“Theoretically, Trump could be in prison and still be president of the United States, earning the Constitution.
“The only requirements are that he be 35 and be born in the United States and not have engaged in an insurrection.”
“Trump not using a condom, them having missionary sex, and Donald Trump not sleeping in the same bed as his wife,” he added of some of the striking moments during her testimony.
“Those are all things that are gonna be very difficult for Donald Trump to recover from politically.”
Daniels, 45, went into detail about the alleged affair during her time on the stand, causing Judge Juan Merchan to question why there were not more objections.
She recalled meeting Trump at a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, on the border of California and Nevada, where she was working to promote the porn studio Wicked Pictures.
“He was as old or older than my father,” Daniels, who was 27 when she met then-60-year-old Trump, said in court.
She said Trump’s bodyguard, Keith Schiller, told her Trump was “interested in having her join him for dinner.”
Daniels said she declined and Schiller gave her his contact information, which she saved as “Keith Trump.”
Daniels said her publicist eventually encouraged her to go to dinner with Trump and she ended up meeting him at his penthouse hotel room.
He greeted her in his “silk or satin pajamas,” Daniels said, before changing into a suit and heading to the hotel restaurant.
Daniels said the pair talked about many topics, including her porn industry work, Trump’s marriage to Melania, and a possible collaboration on his TV show, The Apprentice.
She claimed that Trump told her not to worry about Melania and said the two “did not even sleep in the same room.”
That remark led Trump to shake his head and close his eyes in the courtroom.
He appeared to mouth the word “bullsh*t” to himself at another point during her testimony.
She eventually described how after dinner, they went to Trump’s hotel room.
She went to the bathroom then came out to find him seated in the bedroom in his boxer shorts and T-shirt, waiting for her, she said.
“I felt the blood leave my hands and my feet, almost like if you stand up too fast,” she told the jury.
“I thought, ‘Oh my god, what did I misread to get here?’
“Next thing I know, I was on the bed,” she said, adding that she could not remember how her clothes came off.
“I had my clothes and my shoes off. I removed my bra. We were in missionary position.”
Daniels said the encounter was “brief” and she was left shaking and bewildered after it was over.
“He said, ‘Oh it was great, let’s get together again honey bunch,'” Daniels told the courtroom.
On day two of her testimony, defense attorney Necheles told Daniels, “You have a lot of experience of making phony stories about sex appear to be real.”
Daniels replied, “That’s not how I would put it. The sex in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room.”
And in another tense moment, she was asked about supposedly faking her affair with Trump.
Daniels snapped, “If that story was not true, I would’ve written it to be a lot better.”
Trump has always denied having an affair with the court’s star witness despite her claims.
While her testimony concluded, the trial is expected to go on for another few weeks.
Donald Trump's legal battles
Donald Trump is the first former president to be charged with state or federal crimes. He has been indicted four times and faces a slew of charges. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is juggling dates in court with rallies on the campaign trail. The U.S. Sun breaks down the former president's current legal battles.
New York Business Records
Trump stands accused of falsifying business records allegedly connected to $130,000 of hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
The payment, which was executed by Trump’s ex-attorney Michael Cohen, ensured an embarrassing story wasn’t published in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
Trump could face up to four years in prison if convicted.
Trump can only be pardoned by the governor of New York if he is convicted.
The trial began on April 15 and is expected to last through May.
Federal Classified Documents
Trump is accused of mishandling classified documents after he left office and storing them at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
He has also been accused of obstructing federal agents as they tried to reclaim the documents.
Trump is further alleged to have shown the trove of files to people who were not supposed to see them.
Trump faces a slew of charges, including allegations he violated the Espionage Act.
Trump is also accused of engaging in a conspiracy to obstruct justice.
He could face 100 years in prison if convicted.
The case is not expected to go to trial before the November election.
If Trump wins, he could either pardon himself or order the Department of Justice to drop the charges because the case was brought at the federal level.
Federal Election Subversion
In August 2023, the Department of Justice indicted Trump over the events linked to the January 6 insurrection and organizing false slates of electors.
Trump has been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy against rights, and obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding.
If convicted, Trump could get a maximum sentence of 55 years in prison.
A trial date has not yet been decided, but the case is unlikely to go to trial before the November election.
The Supreme Court is considering arguments surrounding whether Trump is immune from prosecution for some or all actions while in the White House.
Georgia Election Interference:
Trump and 18 others have been accused of attempting to alter the outcome of the 2020 election in Georgia by pressuring local officials and election workers.
The district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, which includes Atlanta, indicted Trump on racketeering charges in August 2023.
He turned himself into a Georgia jail and had his mugshot taken.
A trial is not expected to take place before the November election.
Trump cannot pardon himself if he’s convicted because the charges were brought at the state level.
In Georgia, only a board that is appointed by the governor can approve pardons.
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