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Stormy Daniels, a former porn star, is set to undergo rigorous questioning from Donald Trump's legal team on Thursday. Their aim is to challenge her credibility, as her account of a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump has become central to the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
Daniels' detailed description of her alleged affair with Trump captivated jurors and reignited public interest in the more scandalous aspects of his presidency from 2017 to 2021, as he seeks re-election this year.
However, Trump's attorneys managed to undermine parts of her testimony. During cross-examination, Daniels admitted to inconsistencies in her story and acknowledged that she had not always been truthful about the encounter. She also confirmed that she had refused to pay Trump over $500,000 resulting from a failed defamation lawsuit.
Moreover, Daniels struggled to provide a convincing explanation for accepting money from Trump to keep silent after initially deciding to go public with her story. She agreed that she harbored animosity towards Trump and desired to see him incarcerated if found guilty.
Susan Necheles, a lawyer representing Trump, accused Daniels of attempting to profit from the situation and fabricating elements of her narrative. Daniels conceded that over time, she had given conflicting statements to various media outlets regarding her relationship with Trump, leading Necheles to question the veracity of her claims.
Trump is facing charges of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. He has pleaded not guilty and vehemently denies any sexual involvement with Daniels.
Prosecutors argue that Trump's efforts to conceal the payment had a corrupting influence on the 2016 election by withholding crucial information from voters.
Although Daniels' testimony is pivotal to the case, its impact on voters may be limited, as many have already been exposed to other allegations of Trump's sexual impropriety.
Trump's legal team, in a bid to downplay the significance of Daniels' testimony, recently sought a mistrial, arguing that she had unnecessarily inflamed the jury with irrelevant details, such as claiming that Trump did not use a condom during their encounter.
Trump's apparent frustration with Daniels' testimony was palpable, prompting a warning from Justice Juan Merchan about potential witness intimidation. Merchan has already fined Trump $10,000 for discussing the trial publicly and has cautioned that further breaches of the gag order could result in imprisonment.
While this case is considered the least impactful of the four criminal prosecutions Trump is facing, the likelihood of the other three cases going to trial before the November 5 election is diminishing.
One federal case in Washington, alleging Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden, has been stalled for months by the Supreme Court.
Another federal case in Florida, accusing Trump of mishandling classified documents, has been indefinitely postponed as the judge, appointed by Trump, reviews legal objections from his attorneys.
Similarly, a state case in Georgia accusing Trump of election interference is on hold as an appeals court examines whether the prosecutor engaged in an improper romantic relationship with a former lawyer who is no longer involved in the case.