Stormy Daniels is questioned by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger during former President Trump's criminal trial on charges he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 in Manhattan state court in New York City May 7, 2024. (REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg)
"This Witch Hunt is FALSE ANCIENT HISTORY that was fully adjudicated by the Voters in the 2016 Presidential Election. It only has to do with Election Interference, and trying to help Crooked Joe Biden get elected because he can’t do it by himself. It is a vicious attack by the Soros backed D.A., Alvin Bragg, in strict coordination with the D.O.J. and the White House, on Biden’s Political Opponent, ME. IT IS ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND STRICTLY THIRD WORLD COUNTRY!"
The motion for a mistrial was ultimately denied by presiding Judge Juan Merchan.
NY V. TRUMP: JUDGE DENIES MOTION FOR MISTRIAL AMID STORMY DANIELS TESTIMONY
Stormy Daniels is questioned by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger before Justice Juan Merchan during former President Trump's criminal trial on charges he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, May 7, 2024. (REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg)
"The salacious testimony of Stormy Daniels is not only prejudicial, but irrelevant, so by no rationale under the evidentiary rule should it have been admitted," attorney David Limbaugh posted on X.
"Stormy Daniels testified against Trump this morning, going into salacious detail about the alleged sexual encounter. This is irrelevant. It has no bearing on the issue in the trial, which is whether Trump hid the payment to her in order to influence the 2016 election," an Indianapolis civil rights attorney wrote in a post. "In a fair trial the judge would exclude that line of questioning."
"In a flagrant violation of NY’s rules of evidence and judicial ethics guidelines, the judge is allowing Stormy Daniels to ‘run wild’ with her highly prejudicial testimony, running roughshod over the objections of Trump’s attorneys, and allowing Daniels to vividly discuss every last salacious detail about the alleged interaction she had with Trump," Paul Ingrassia, a lawyer and communications direction for the National Constitutional Law Union, posted.
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"Prosecutors are asking how tall she is relative to Trump and whether there was a power dynamic between them. Now asking about their alleged sexual affair, the position they were in, whether they were intoxicated, ‘uncomfortable,’ and ‘how they closed it off,’" Ingrassia added, calling the questioning and testimony "totally out of line."
The former president’s son, Eric Trump, also weighed in on the testimony, calling it "garbage." Eric Trump attended court again with the 45th president on Tuesday, where he viewed witness testimony.
"Perspective: Sitting front row attempting to figure out how any of this garbage from 20 years ago relates to ‘legal’ bills submitted by a long time personal attorney being booked as a ‘legal’ expense — but I digress," Eric Trump posted to his X account Tuesday.
"To be clear, they don’t give a s--- about the merits of this case — the 15 Manhattan prosecutors are sitting at their table and behind in the courthouse pews, giddy by this salacious show. This is the intent, not the merits, nor the fact that this entire case is a massive extortion play," he continued.
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Piers Morgan’s planned interview with Stormy Daniels is back on after the adult film star postponed it last week due to some security issues. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images)
As Trump's team moved for a mistrial, attorney Todd Blanche argued to the court that the district attorney's office, which is headed by Democrat Alvin Bragg, was working to inflame the jury with testimony that had no bearing on the case.
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Merchan said Tuesday that a mistrial is not warranted, but he believes some of Daniels' testimony should have been "left unsaid," while noting he was surprised the defense team did not object more frequently during the testimony.
"I agree that it would have been better if some of these things had been left unsaid," Merchan said.
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"I will also note that I was surprised that there weren't more objections" from Trump's legal team, Merchan added, saying the defense team needed to take some responsibility.
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