Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger is leading Stormy Daniels through some of her background, including what clubs she attended in high school. Daniels is speaking quickly and has had to stop to repeat a couple times. She explains how she began exotic dancing when she was 17 and in high school. It paid much better than menial jobs, she had.
“I could still make more in two nights than I did shoveling manure eight hours a day,” Daniels said.
Daniels testified that at the golf event, Trump’s bodyguard asked Daniels if she would be interested in having dinner with Trump that night. Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked Daniels what she said at the time. “F no,” she responded.
I guess they tranquilized him so he didn’t explode on tape.
Trump said he is willing to go to jail.
After leaving the courtroom, the former president spoke briefly to the cameras in the hallway and again assailed the gag order.
“Our Constitution is much more important than jail,” he said. “It’s not even close. I’ll give that sacrifice any day.”
He did not respond to questions about Michael Cohen or Stormy Daniels — the two likely prosecution witnesses whom Trump has previously criticized and been found in violation of the gag.
Awkward moments in the courtroom as Daniels details the alleged sexual encounter. “I had my clothes and my shoes off. I believe my bra was still on. We were in missionary position,” Daniels said. Defense jumps in to object. The judge sustains the objection. One female juror looks uncomfortable with the comments and is looking away while holding her forehead.
JOSH GERSTEIN
Well at least no one has thrown up yet. Luckily they got through this part before the lunch break. Recessed.
I think Trump is likely steaming mad internally. This is a man that needs good news reported to him daily, even if it’s from some dude in an Idaho basement. This is Nixon-level humiliation.
This is the testimony republicans dreamed Monica Lewinsky would give. Imagine, regarding Hillary, “We don’t sleep in the same bed.” lol
