Re: Stormy Daniels Gave "Disastrous" Testimony In Trump Trial, CNN Legal Analyst Says

In article <v1vrvv$9d31$1@solani.org>, suzeeq@imbris.com wrote:

On 5/14/2024 4:25 AM, NoBody wrote:

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said adult film actress Stormy Daniels
gave “disastrous” responses during her appearance on Tuesday at former
President Donald Trump‘s New York City hush-money trial.
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During a segment on CNN with other legal experts, Honig offered his
take on the testimony, which included Stormy Daniels discussing her
alleged 2006 hotel tryst with Trump that the former president has
denied. While he contended that Daniels was believable when it came to
the sex claim, Honig argued the cross-examination could spell trouble
for prosecutors.
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"The cross-exam, boy, her responses were disastrous. I mean, ‘Do you
hate Donald Trump?’ "Yes." Of course she does. That's a big deal. When
the witness hates the person whose liberty is at stake? That's a big
damn deal.”
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https://youtu.be/mchsOA2RDus
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In the case brought by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Trump faces 34 felony
counts of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up payments,
including to Daniels, in a bid to conceal damaging information as part
of a “catch-and-kill” scheme to influence the 2016 election. He has
pleaded not guilty. The trial began last month, and Daniels took the
stand on Tuesday.
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During the cross-examination, Daniels said “yes” after being asked if
she hated Trump. When pressed on whether she wants Trump to go to jail,
Daniels said she wants “him to be held accountable” and “if he is
found guilty, absolutely.” She also faced questions about tweets
suggesting she does not want to pay $500,000 in legal fees to Trump after
a failed defamation lawsuit.
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“The defense is going to say she's willing to defy a court order,”
Honig said after raising these issues. “Why — she's not willing to
respect an order of a judge, why is she going to respect this oath she
took? I thought it went quite poorly on cross-exam. At the end of
direct, I thought, OK, they got what they needed. But I think the cross
is making real inroads.”
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Earlier, Honig said his impression was that Stormy Daniels had been
“plausible on her explanation of what happened in that hotel room” in
2006. "It's hard for me to believe that a juror heard that and thought,
this is entirely made up,” he said, adding that although there “may
well be some embellishments,” he thought it was “quite clear they had
sex in 2006 in that hotel room.”

 
The prosecutors have yet to produce ANY evidence that Trump committed
any crime.
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He's charged with covering up payments to her for killing her story to
interfere with his 2016 campaign. That's the crime and they have proved
it with other witnesses.

Were you recently, or ever kicked in the head by a mule?

There is no crime and if it there were, it's expiration date has long passed.
This is just another example of why America is becoming a banana republic.

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Let's go Brandon!