Choose Juan Merchan denied Trump’s movement for a mistrial over Stormy Daniels telling the jury about how she spanked him with {a magazine}.
CNN reported that prosecutors argued that the Trump authorized group’s declare that the spanking story was new was not true:
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass responds to the protection group’s movement for a mistrial by saying many of the allegations from Trump’s legal professionals are “flat out unfaithful.”
“Beginning with the truth that it’s a brand new account — this isn’t a brand new account,” Steinglass says.
“The declare of ambush is simply nonsense,” Steinglass provides. “The declare of adjusting her story can be terribly unfaithful.”
It’s clear that Trump and his authorized group are setting as much as enchantment his conviction if the ex-president is convicted on the premise of the testimony from Stormy Daniels. The journal spanking story isn’t new. Daniels has instructed it earlier than. It will not be stunning if the jury was not already conversant in it.
Prosecutors additionally identified that they solely requested Daniels eight questions on her night time with Trump. That a part of Daniels’s testimony isn’t the main focus of the trial.
The prosecution additionally argued that Daniels’s testimony was related as a result of that was Trump’s motive for what later turned legal exercise.
The choose dominated for the prosecution and for the second time in two days, Trump was denied a mistrial because of the testimony of Daniels.
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