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Trump has arrived, blue suit and yellow tie. This time his lawyer Susan Necheles sets up in the lead counsel seat to his right. Apparently she’d be doing the Stormy cross examination today. But – contempt motion or argument first?
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All rise!
Clerk: This is the People of the State of New York versus Donald J. Trump!
Justice Merchan: Anything we need to discuss?
Trump’s lawyer Necheles: We are informed that Stormy Daniels is the second witness today, we oppose any details of sexual acts
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Justice Mercan: Other than just, We had sex?
Prosecutor: Your Honor only limited details as to Karen McDougal, not Stormy Daniels. The details are important, the sex act – only certain details are unnecessary
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Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger: We’ll get into the conversation they had in the hotel and how the sexual act came about, how she felt about it. We will not get into genitalia.
Trump’s lawyer Necheles: There is no need for this. This is a case about books and records.
·Justice Merchan: This woman has credibility issues, so details are important. I will allow them. Call your witness… Oh, the jury. Bring the jury in first
[Jury entering!]
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Prosecutor: The People call Susan Franklin…
[Witness is sworn and seated]
Prosecutor: Where do you work?
Franklin: Penguin Random House and its imprints. I am here under subpoena.
Prosecutor: Are you familiar with “Trump: How to Get Rich”?
Franklin: Yes.
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Prosecutor: For that book and another have you reviewed the excerpts, People’s 413 and 414, Trump: Think Like a Billionaire?
Franklin: Yes.
Prosecutor: What does is say under the title?
Franklin: “Big deals from the star of The Apprentice”
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Prosecutor: What’s the largest word on the cover?
Franklin: Trump.
Prosecutor: What percentage of the cover does it take up?
Franklin: Thirty percent.
Prosecutor: And on Trump: Think like a Billionaire?
Franklin: Maybe 25%.
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Prosecutor: People’s 413A.
Franklin: Be like a general.
Prosecutor: This?
Franklin: If you don’t know all the details, you’re setting yourself up
Prosecutor: 413C?
Franklin: “Sometimes you still have to screw them… Like it says in the Bible, An eye for an eye”
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Prosecutor: And this?
Franklin: “All the women on The Apprentice flirts with me. That’s to be expected…
Prosecutor: 414, page 41
Franklin: “With a decorator, make sure to see all of the invoices. You should be double checking.”
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Prosecutor: And this?
Franklin: I always sign my checks, to make sure where my money is going. Check through your bills. My parents hammered frugality into me at an early age.
Prosecutor: People’s 414-c.
Franklin: Watch the bottom line. Weisselberg is tough
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Prosecutor: Lastly, 414-d
Franklin: Always look at the numbers yourself. In the 1980s Jeff McConney prepared my small shot. I told him, “You’re fired.” I meant, question every payment. Jeff got the message, now does a terrific job.
Prosecutor: No further questions
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Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche: Do you know how much the ghostwriter did?
Franklin: I don’t.
Blanche: Who designs the cover?
Franklin: We have a department.
Blanche: So it is not entirely the author?
Franklin: We want to make the author happy.
Blanche: Nothing more
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Justice Merchan: Re-direct?
Prosecutor: Let’s turn to 413 f – h, we offer them.
Trump’s lawyer Blanche: May we approach, your Honor?
[Whispered sidebar ensues – during which, Susan Necheles remains at defense table, talking with Trump]
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[Back from sidebar]
Prosecutor: We enter these into evidence.
Justice Merchan: Yes. Objection overruled.
Prosecutor: What’s this?
Franklin: The epigraph page. The largest quote is by “DJT.”
Prosecutor: 413h
Franklin: Meredith was just outside my office door
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Prosecutor: And this?
Franklin: Thanks offered to Random House staff.
Prosecutor: Does this indicate an author very involved in the book?
Franklin: Yes.
Prosecutor: This?
Franklin: God is in the details. Sign your own checks. People see it and they screw you less
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Prosecutor: No further questions.
Re-cross.
Trump’s lawyer Blanche: Leave 414g up. We don’t have the exhibit, so if we could ask the People… Blow up the last page. What does it say?
Franklin: Meredith McIver thanking people
Blanche: Nothing more
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Justice Merchan: Counsel, please approach.
[Long sidebar, during which Trump and Emil Bove talk at defense table. Then:]
Prosecutor: The People call Stormy Daniels. Please tell me about your family.
Daniels: I was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Daniels: Now I live in Florida with my partner. My parents split up when I was 4. I went to a strict Christian school, paid for by my father. I was raised by my mother.
Prosecutor: Hobbies in school?
Daniels: Newspaper editor. Four H club. Baton Rouge Ballet Co
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Daniels: A friend introduced me to dancing, exotic dancing, when I was in high school. It was better than my other job, shoveling manure.
Prosecutor: Why did you move out?
Daniels: My mother was neglectful, left me alone. She wasn’t even an addict
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Prosecutor: Did you do nude modeling?
Daniels: Yes. You had to have credentials or credits to be the star. I went on to pose, to go on tour as a featured entertainer. I was 21.
Prosecutor: Did you work in the adult film industry?
Daniels: I was a clothed extra
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Daniels: A famous adult film director saw me, and I got a contract.
Prosecutor: Do you write and direct adult films?
Daniels: There are some with dialogue, you see them on late night TV with the sex cut out. I have directed over 150 films, awards for screenplays.
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Prosecutor: Have you been in films and TV?
Daniels: The 40 Year Old Virgin… a TV show with Courtney Cox.
Prosecutor: And on a podcast?
Daniels: Yes, “Beyond the Norm.” Female series killers, UFO, porn, politics.
Prosecutor: Did you discuss Mr. Trump.
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Prosecutor: In 2009 did you explore running for Senate in Louisiana?
Daniels: Yes (laughs) There was a “Draft Stormy” campaign, to opposed David Vitter in the Republican primary. He was anti-women, did some unsavory things. David Vitter never would debate me
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Prosecutor: Let’s turn to Lake Tahoe in 2006.
Daniels: I was a golf course, Wicked sponsored a hole on the golf course, yes I’m aware that it’s funny.
Prosecutor: Did you meet Donald Trump?
Daniels: Yes. On the course. Wicked’s owner introduced me as director
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Prosecutor: What did you know about Mr. Trump?
Daniels: I hadn’t seen Celebrity Apprentice. But I remember him in cameos and wrestling, it’s a big deal in Louisiana.
Prosecutor: Then what?
Daniels: He asked me about my films. I saw him talk with another gentleman
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Prosecutor: Do you see Mr. Trump in the courtroom? Can you identify him and an article of clothing?
Stormy Daniels: There, with a blue suit.
Prosecutor: Take this thumb drive. People’s 226, the golf room photo.
Stormy Daniels: He’s in a red hat.
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Prosecutor: And this photo?
Stormy Daniels: That’s him on the golf course.
Prosecutor: What did you tell Mr. Trump’s body guard, when he said Mr. Trump would like to take you to dinner?
Stormy Daniels: F*ck no.
Prosecutor: Did you give Keith Schiller your #?
Yes.
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Prosecutor: Did you discuss the invitation with anyone?
Stormy Daniels: My media guy Mike. I was supposed to go to a Wicked dinner. I wanted to avoid it, cat fight & stuff. He told me, you should go, it’ll make a great story. What could possible go wrong? (laughs)
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Stormy Daniels: I texted with Keith and arranged to go to Mr. Trump’s hotel, Harrah’s
Prosecutor: And next?
Daniels: Keith told me to go up to the penthouse. Keith was at the door. He said, You look nice.
Prosecutor: What were your expectations?
Daniels: Dinner
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Prosecutor: What was he wearing?
Stormy Daniels: Silk pajamas. I asked him, Did you steal Hugh Hefner’s pajamas? And I told me to change. He did. He came back in dress shirt and pants. This hotel room was three times the size of my apartment
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Prosecutor: What did you discuss?
Stormy Daniels: I told him where I grew up, do I have siblings – I do not – did I have a boyfriend, no, at the time…
Prosecutor: Did you tell him about your hard childhood?
Daniels: Yes.
DL: Objection!
J: Sustained. “Stricken”
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Stormy Daniels: So he asked about the adult film industry, whether we have unions, get residuals – usually people asking about the sexy stuff
Prosecutor: Did he ask you if you’d been tested?
Daniels: Yes. Wicked is a condom mandatory company. I’m allergic to latex
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Daniels: I asked him about wrestling because he knew Vince McMahon and he’d had a cameo where he’d lost something –
Justice Merchan: Ms. Daniels, could you slow down?
Daniels: He was supposed to get his head shaved if he lost and I told him he wouldn’t look good
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Stormy Daniels: He said don’t worry, it’s all scripted.
Prosecutor: Did you ask about Melania?
Daniels: I did. He said, Don’t worry, we don’t even sleep in the same room. He kept cutting me off. He’d ask a question then not let me finish. I told him, You’re rude
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Stormy Daniels: I ended up spanking him. And after that he acted much better. He said I should be in The Apprentice. I told him, Even you don’t have that much power. He said, You remind me of my daughter, blonde & beautiful. To me it made sense.
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Prosecutor: What did he say about The Apprentice?
Stormy Daniels: That he could tell me the challenge, he couldn’t let me win but at least not lose right at the beginning. I wanted to direct some non-adult films, they have big budgets and better catering
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Prosecutor: Did you call another friend?
Stormy Daniels: Yes, a neighbor, Alana. I had run into her and I knew she didn’t believe where I was. I called her and put her on speaker. He said Hello. Why don’t you come over and hang out with us. She didn’t call back
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Prosecutor: At some point, did you use the restroom?
Justice Merchan: Let’s take a break.
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[They’re back]
Prosecutor: Did you need to use the restroom?
Stormy Daniels: I was instructed by Mr. Trump to go through the bedroom to the facilities. It was a leather looking toiletry bag on the counter
Prosecutor: What was in it?
Daniels: I looked – Old Spice
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Stormy Daniels: Gold tweezers. When I came out, Mr. Trump was on the bed in his boxer shorts. I was startled. I felt like the run spun in slow motion, like if you stand up too fast. I thought, Oh my God, what did I misread to get here. He was posing on the bed
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Stormy Daniels: He stood up – not in a threatening manner – he said, If you ever want to get out of that trailer park
objection
Justice Merchan: Sustained. Move on.
Prosecutor: What next?
Daniels: I felt drugged
Necheles: Objection!
Justice Mercan: Overruled
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[Sidebar – at defense table, Trump speaks with Bove, who again moves to far seat when Blanche returns from sidebar & whispers to Trump]
Justice Merchan: The objection is sustained
Prosecutor: You were not drugged, right?
Stormy Daniels: There was a power imbalance
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Prosecutor: Did you have sex with him on the bed?
Stormy Daniels: Missionary-
Objection
Justice Merchan: Sustained.
Daniels: I was staring at the ceiling wishing I was somewhere else
Justice Merchan: Sustained.
Prosecutor: Was he wearing a condom?
Daniels: No
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Daniels: He said, That was great, we should get together again soon, honey bunch
Prosecutor: What did you say?
Daniels: Nothing. He didn’t even give me his cell phone number.
Prosecutor: Did he express concern about his wife finding out?
Daniels: No
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Prosecutor: Did you tell people?
Stormy Daniels: Very few. I am ashamed I hadn’t stopped it. I didn’t want people I was dating to find out.
Prosecutor: Did you later remember some things?
Daniels: Yes, in the book-
Objection!
Justice Merchan: Sustained. Approach
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[After sidebar]
Prosecutor: Did you see him in Lake Tahoe again?
Stormy Daniels: Yes, in a night club there. Keith had called me and said Mr. Trump would be there, it would be in public. So I went.
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Stormy Daniels: Ben Roethlisberger of the Steelers was there. Mr. Trump called me his little friend Stormy then said Ben would walk me to my room.
Prosecutor: Did he?
Daniels: Yes.
Prosecutor: Did you tell anyone, then?
Daniels: Another Keith, my photographer
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Prosecutor: Would Mr. Trump then call you?
Stormy Daniels: Yes. I would put him on speaker, people heard him
Prosecutor: Did he know he was on speaker phone?
Daniels: No.
Prosecutor: Why did you continue to take his calls?
Daniels: My publicist bragged
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Stormy Daniels: My publicist was saying, I told you so-
Justice Merchan: Please just answer the questions.
Daniels: I wanted to be on The Apprentice.
Prosecutor: Did Mr. Trump give you the number of his assistant?
Daniels: Yes. Rhona. I put her on my phone.
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[Now the former Stormy Stormy contact is shown]
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Prosecutor: Did you go to the launch of Mr. Trump’s vodka?
Stormy Daniels: Yes. He introduced me to Karen McDougal. Then he spent most of the time talking to my friend. We lied we were flying out of LAX on a girls’ trip.
Prosecutor: Did you go to Trump Tower?
Yes
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Stormy Daniels: I was dancing in a club so I invited him. It was a public place so it was safer-
objection.
Justice Merchan: Sustained.
Prosecutor: And at Trump Tower?
Daniels: He said he was still working on getting me on The Apprentice. He introduced me around
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Prosecutor: Did you see Mr. Trump in LA?
Stormy Daniels: Yes, he invited me to his bungalow. By then my publicist was my boyfriend. He drove me and waited outside. That was common. Mr. Trump was watching TV, a documentary about sharks
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Stormy Daniels: He kept making sexual advances. He touched my leg.
Prosecutor: How did you respond?
Daniels: I told him I was on my period. There was no progress on getting on The Apprentice. I stopped answering his calls. But he told me Jenna Jameson would be on
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Prosecutor: Did you move on? How was your life?
Stormy Daniels: Awesome. I moved to Texas, became a ranked equestrian –
Objection!
Judge Merchan: I’ll allow it.
Prosecutor: Did you agree to be interviewed by In Touch?
Daniels: Yes. Someone had sold my story
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Stormy Daniels: Gina [Rodriguez] told me to take control, and $15,000.
Prosecutor: How long was the interview?
Daniels: 10 or 20 minutes on the phone. They never ran the story.
Prosecutor: Did you know why?
Daniels: No.
Prosecutor: Judge may we approach?
Yes
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[After sidebar]
Prosecutor: Did you have an encounter in a parking lot in Las Vegas?
Stormy Daniels: A man approached me and told me to not keep telling my story about Mr. Trump.
Prosecutor: Did you tell your partner?
Daniels: He was having mental issues
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Prosecutor: Did you become aware your story was on The Dirty dot com.
Stormy Daniels: Yes. I don’t read that site. I wanted it taken down – I’d been threatened.
Prosecutor: What did Gina say?
Daniels: She asked if she could get Keith Davidson to get it taken down?
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Prosecutor: Did Keith Davidson succeed?
Stormy Daniels: Yes. It came down.
Prosecutor: In 2015 once Mr. Trump was running for President, were you told you could sell your story for more?
Daniels: Yes. I was advised by a lawyer to have a press conference
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Prosecutor: Do you remember the Access Hollywood tape coming out?
Stormy Daniels: Yes. Gina told me about it. I wanted to get the story out – because of the threat.
Prosecutor: Did you find that Donald Trump and Michael Cohen wanted to buy your story?
A: Yes.
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Stormy Daniels: It would be good, my husband wouldn’t find out but I’d have paperwork. I didn’t care about the $130,000, the amount didn’t matter to me. We no longer lived in California which is very expensive
Prosecutor: Were we presented an agreement?
A: Yes
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Prosecutor: What is this?
Stormy Daniels: Keith Davidson’s email to Michael Cohen. I wanted it done before the nomination.
Prosecutor: Do you mean election?
Daniels: Yes, the election. This was the side letter, I was Peggy and he was David Dennison
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Prosecutor: What is this list?
Stormy Daniels: People who knew. [One is a Keith, not Davidson]
Justice Merchan: We’ll break to 2.
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[They’ve back]
Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche: We move for a mistrial based on this morning’s testimony. It was prejudicial, and differs from the story she was peddling before. There was testimony about no condom, the spacing in the room, the power dynamic
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Trump’s lawyer Blanche: There was testimony about a second sexual advance, totally irrelevant to this case. She kept saying, it was in a public place. What is the jury to do with that? There was objection sustained but it’s still prejudicial
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Trump’s lawyer Blanche: Guardrails didn’t work. It is an issue. We’re going to cross examine her shortly, presumably – but that’s not really the issue. She testified today about consent, danger, it’s not what she was peddling – sorry, selling – in 2016
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Prosecutor: Her testimony today goes to the defendant’s motive. The lack of condom has been out there for a long time. There were details she only remembered after a movie in 2019. They opened the door – they put in an exhibit saying the 2011 threat was not true
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Prosecution: Some of this will come out in cross, and I hope on re-direct. She testified that she was not directly threatened, and that she did not say no.
Justice Merchan: I can rule on this. I agree there were thing that would have been better left unsaid
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Justice Merchan: I do think the witness was hard to control. But I do not believe at this point a mistrial is warranted. I was surprised that there were not more objections. At one point the Court sua sponte objected.
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Justice Merchan: If you want, I will give a limiting instruction as to the 2011 parking lot incident.
Trump’s lawyer Susan Necheles: We have moved in advance –
Justice Merchan: That’s not accurate, Ms. Necheles.
Necheles: It’s why we didn’t object all the time
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Justice Merchan: I’m going to deny your motion for a mistrial at this time. Do you want to discuss a limiting instruction?
[Sidebar]
Justice Merchan: As discussed at the bench, we’re going to take some more time – you’ll be back to me by Thursday morning?
Yes.
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Justice Merchan: With the consent of the defense Ms. Hoffinger has stepped out to give some instructions to her witness, to stay focused, and only answer what is asked.
[After a time, witness enters. Then jury]
Prosecutor: The delays in payment, put up the email
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Stormy Daniels (reading) No funds have been received. My client says the deal is off unless funds received by 5 pm. -Keith. The ab initit, no idea what that means –
Prosecutor: Ad initio
Daniels: I spoke to Slate, they weren’t going to pay me.
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Prosecutor: This new agreement, did you sign it?
Stormy Daniels: Yes.
Prosecutor: And the side letter agreement?
Daniels: I signed it on Oct 28, 2016.
Prosecutor: Did Keith Davidson take a few? And Gina?
Daniels; Yes
Prosecutor: Did the WSJ reach out to you
A: No
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Prosecutor: Was Mr Trump elected?
Stormy Daniels: Yes.
Prosecutor: How was your 2017?
Daniels: Great, my best ever. I got a horse-riding award; my neighbors didn’t know they lived next to Stormy Daniels, only Mom.
Prosecutor: What’s this?
Daniels: Keith D’s denial
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Prosecutor: Was it cleverly misleading?
Obection!
Justice Merchan: Sustained.
Prosecutor: Did you see this 2018 story.
Stormy Daniels: It outed me. It hurt my daugther. Her father –
Objection!
Justice Merchan: Sustained
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Prosecutor: Were you schedule to go on the Kimmel show?
Stormy Daniels: Yes. Gina brought me clothes – and Keith Davidson. He had another statement. I signed it as Stormy Daniels, but unlike any other time I signed. It was a tip off to Kimmel
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Stormy Daniels: Michael Cohen was writing a book, it made me mad – he could talk about it and I couldn’t.
Prosecutor: Did Michael Cohen file a TRO against you?
Daniels: Yes
Prosecutor: Did you hire Michael Avenatti?
Daniels: Yes. We canceled the NDA and got fees
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Prosecutor: Your book “Full Disclosure,” does it describe both the encounter with Mr. Trump and incidents in your childhood?
Stormy Daniels: Yes. I later found out that Michael Avenatti had some some editing.
Prosecutor: Did Avenatti filed a defamation case?
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Stormy Daniels: Yes but I hadn’t agreed to it. I thought it was risky.
Prosecution: Did Avenatti put out a sketch regarding the 2011 threat? And Mr. Trump tweeted “con job”?
Daniels: Yes.
Prosecutor: Was Mr. Trump awarded legal fees?
Daniels: Yes.
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Prosecutor: Is Mr. Avenatti your lawyer now?
Stormy Daniels: No. (Laughs). He is in jail.
Prosecutor: Have you paid the legal fees?
Daniels: No. I don’t have the money, and I didn’t think it was fair.
Prosecutor: Any relation to this case?
Daniels: No.
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Prosecutor: Did you go on podcasts with Michael Cohen?
Stormy Daniels: Yes. I wanted to hear him apologize. And he did. Then we did one up to Michael Avenatti.
Prosecutor: Did you get $100,000 from a documentary?
Daniels: Yes.
[Now “Horseface” Truth shown, 408A]
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[From the post: jail bird Michael Cohen. Sleaze bag]
Prosecutor: Has he called you sleazebag before?
Stormy Daniels: Yes.
Prosecutor: And is the post false?
Daniels: It is.
Prosecutor: No further questions.
Justice Merchan: Your witness…
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: I represent President Trump. You’ve met with prosecutors & rehearsed your testimony?
Stormy Daniels: I didn’t rehearse.
Necheles: You pretended to be cross examined, right?
Daniels: No.
Necheles: You said “mock”
Daniels: No longer right
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You said you did porno for more money, right?
Stormy Daniels: Don’t we all. That’s what we do here.
Necheles: You hate President Trump, right?
Daniels: Yes.
Necheles: You wrote you’ll dance when he’s jailed?
Daniels: Can you show me that?
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You wrote, when he is selected to go to jail – did you just laugh?
Stormy Daniels: Someone else wrote select – it’s funny.
Necheles: It’s not because you think this is all funny?
Daniels: No.
Necheles: You owe him $500,000 in legal fees?
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Stormy Daniels: I’m not sure of the dates.
Trump’s lawyer Necheles: March 2022, you were ordered to pay attorney’s fees for the appeal too, right?
Daniels: Yes
Necheles: More in 2023 because of your frivolous suit-
Prosector: Objection!
Justice Merchan: Sustained
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You have money, right?
Stormy Daniels: We all have money.
Necheles: You have said you will never pay, right?
Daniels: Correct
Necheles: I offer her tweet into evidence
Prosecution: Objection!
Justice Merchan: Sustained. Approach
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[After sidebar]
Justice Merchan: Accepted into evidence.
[The tweet: “I will go to jail before I pay a penny.”]
Trump’s lawyer Necheles: That was you saying you didn’t care about a Federal order, right?
Stormy Daniels: I won’t pay for telling the truth.
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You wrote this, I don’t owe him shit and I’ll never give that orange turd a dime?
Stormy Daniels: Yes
Necheles: You make fun of how he looks too, right?
Daniels: He did it first
Necheles: You are refused to fill out an assets form?
A False
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: Did you give an interview to Jeff Tubin and say you would not fill out the form?
Stormy Daniels: They asked about my daughter.
Necheles: Only her name. Let me show you J10-A. Recognize it?
Daniels: An email from my attorney
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You only partially filled it out right?
Prosecutor: Objection
Justice Merchan: Sustained
Necheles: May we approach, your Honor?
[Sidebar – Trump sits with Blance at defense table]
Necheles: Show her page-
Justice Merchan: Take that down!
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: Let me hand you this. It is only partially filled out – it asks income, you say Unknown, right?
Stormy Daniels: I won’t fill out info that endangers my daughter.
Necheles: It asked what cars you own & you won’t answer, right?
Daniels: Yeah
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You own a home?
Stormy Daniels: No.
Necheles: You tweeted you made so much in porn you could just buy your ranch home?
Daniels: We didn’t buy it. I would have to see the tweet
Necheles: J-17
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You said, I just paid for my ranch-
Stormy Daniels: I meant, pay rent.
Necheles: Really. Are you making money claiming to have had sex for more than a decade, right?
Daniels: I make money telling my story. It also costs me money
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: Didn’t you speak with Gloria Allred?
Stormy Daniels: I told her I had sex with Donald Trump..
Necheles: Is this your book Full Disclosure?
Daniels: Yes.
Necheles: You say Gina Rodriguez set up a call with Gloria Allred
A: Yes.
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You told Gloria Allred you did not have sex with President Trump, right?
Stormy Daniels: No – I told her I did have sex with him.
Necheles: Let me show you – you say, you left out sex
Daniels: Later I told her
Necheles: Not in the book
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Stormy Daniels: I would not go with force so I said no.
Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You’re just making this up now, aren’t you?
Daniels: I didn’t trust her.
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: It taught you if you want to make money off President Trump, you have to claim sex?
Daniels: No. But it seems to be that way.
Necheles: When you spoke with In Touch, you were trying to sell your story, right?
Daniels: Yes.
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: At the same time you were telling In Touch you had sex with President Trump, while threatening to sue The Dirty Dot Com to take it down.
Stormy Daniels: The Dirty dot com happned after the parking lot threat
Necheles: Are you sure?
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You were saying it was bullsh*t, while getting paid $15,000 to say it was true-
Stormy Daniels: I did Anderson Cooper and they didn’t pay me anything!
Necheles: We’ll get to that. The In Touch was a 22 page transcript. In 15 minutes?
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: After the threat you went to exercise class?
Stormy Daniels: I went to the restroom there, waited for the next class. I was crying in the bathroom but I said my daughter had a diaper blow-up.
Necheles: This the first time you say crying
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Stormy Daniels: I did say she had a blow out
[she gestures at jury]
Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You didn’t even tell the father of your baby right?
Daniels: I didn’t.
Necheles: You said nothing until 7 years later? With your daughter in danger?
SD: Right
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You made up this threat to explain why you never said you had sex with President Trump, right?
Stormy Daniels: No. I said it on a radio station in Tampa.
Necheles: You told Anderson Cooper you’d never said it before
Daniels: I was scared
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: Both you and Michael Cohen hope to make money if President Trump, right?
Prosecution: Objection!
Justice Merchan: Sustained.
Necheles: You commissioned a sketch of the threatener?
A: Avenatti did
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Necheles: Shall we take a break?
Justice Merchan: Yes.
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[They’re back – and, Stormy will still be on the stand Thursday]
Trump’s lawyer Necheles: In E you were quoted, The story is bullsh*t – but didn’t you say he vehemently deny to E hooking up with President Trump?
Stormy Daniels; I do not remember that.
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: You’re saying that where the article says you vehemently deny the story, that’s false?
Stormy Daniels: Yes!
Necheles: You told the Dirty to take it down
Daniels: I didn’t do it.. Keith did. He was Gina’s lawyer. I authorized him to down it
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: In 2011 the story wasn’t worth much – but then it was worth more in 2016, right?
Stormy Daniels: I set a free press conference.
Necheles: But you never held it. You say you were threatened if you spoke, so you spoke
Daniels: New ballgame
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Trump’s lawyer Necheles: In this text, Gina said, I have Stormy Daniels. Please read Dylan Howard
Stormy Daniels: denounced it previously – I don’t want to comment if I don’t understand what they are talking about
Necheles: “She had sex with him. She wants $100K”
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Stormy Daniels: I authorized Gina Rodriguez to shop the story. I wanted to get the story out and make some money too.
Justice Merchan: We’ll end here
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