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1/… Bower:
Trump enters the courtroom. Before arriving, he lingered for a moment in the doorway, talking to his lawyers, Emile Bove and Todd Blanche. He had a piece of paper in his hand, which he waved around as he spoke.
"Anyone can be arrested...that doesn't prove a thing," Merchan says. It doesn't seem like he's going to permit it as evidence, much to Necheles' dismay.
"It's not probative of anything," he says conclusively.
Newsmax TV host Greg Kelly just got ordered to sit down by courtroom security because the sycophant got up when Trump walked in to make sure the former president could see him in the crowd.
The obsequious TV performer waved at him and bowed his head in reverence.
For some reason, there were no photographers here today to snap pics of Trump before the proceedings.
It's the first time this whole trial that photographers haven't snapped away at Trump, as far as I know.
Q: You were asking for money, right?
A: I never asked for money from anyone in particular...I was asking to sell my story to publications to get the truth out.
Q: But you entered an NDA?
A: My attorneys did.
Q: That was your choice right?
Necheles: Isn't it correct that you told Jacob Weisberg [at Slate] that as an alternative to be paid for your silence, you wanted to be paid for your story?
Daniels: Yes, I wanted the truth to be printed with a paper trail of some sort, whether a video, interview, money.
Dan Scavino is there too. But no Trump family members. Always Trump Campaign people.
McB:
Necheles: Isn't it correct that you told Jacob Weisberg [at Slate] that as an alternative to be paid for your silence, you wanted to be paid for your story?
Daniels: Yes, I wanted the truth to be printed with a paper trail of some sort, whether a video, interview, money.
Necheles displays evidence for Daniels, presumably of Daniels saying that her motive was also anger, but Daniels reiterates: she doesn't remember saying it.
Necheles asks if Daniels was furious when Cohen kept delaying payment for the agreement. (Yes.)
Didn't you scream at your lawyer Keith Davidson, and call him a pussy? (At this Daniels just smirks.)
I never yelled at Keith Davidson on the phone, Daniels says, and further says the transcript says that Gina Rodriguez's boyfriend was the one who was going to tell the story in the media.
👉🏼 So far today, Daniels seems to be taking a page out of Davidson's book, playing "lawyer games" with Necheles. Exploiting technicalities, being ultra precise, not giving an inch.
You understand that a contract is a legal agreement? Necheles asks as she displays the NDA signed by "Peggy Peterson" (aka Daniels) and "David Dennison" (aka Trump).
We work our way thru a few sections of the agreement, as Necheles asks Daniels about some legal language contained within
Like I said, I am not an atty, so I'm reading this quickly, but I signed this based on my atty's advice, Daniels says.
Q: What you've been saying here is you're not a lawyer & these were legal terms you don't feel comfortable discussing?
A: Not w/o speaking to my attorney, no.
Q: And this is a legal contract?
A: Yes.
We see the 1/12/18 WSJ article about Daniels displayed on the screen, and then go back in time two days as Necheles displays Daniels' 1/10/18 denial statement.
Necheles asks whether Daniels' alleged tryst with Trump took place "many, many, many" years ago at the time of this statement. Then, 12 years ago, Daniels says.
Necheles: "That's many, many, many" years ago, right?
Daniels: "That is many 'many-s' but OK." (laughter)
Asked if Daniels knew Trump was concerned about his family, Daniels answers: "I was never mentioned anything about his family."
The judge overturns the defense's objection to her answer.
😂Asked whether Daniels wanted to public speak about her alleged tryst with Trump, Daniels deadpans: "No, no one would ever want to publicly say that."🤣
Q: After you received a lot of money, you wanted to publicly say you had sex with Trump right?
A: No, I wanted to publicly defend myself.
Q: You wanted to make more money?
A: No, that's why I did 60 minutes for free.
That's around when you hired Michael Avenatti? Necheles asks.
Yes, Daniels says, a bit disgruntled, with very noticeable disdain in her voice.👈🏼
Q: After Anderson Cooper appearnance, you got a $800k book deal to sell your story, right?
A: Sold my life story, yes.
Q: Wasn't sex with Trump the centerpiece?
A: No
Necheles asks whether Daniels thought people would just buy her book to read about sex with Trump, in fact, Chapter 3 starts with a joke about whether the reader skipped right there to just read about that sexual encounter.
Necheles has seemingly abandoned for now the "Daniels owes Trump legal fees" narrative she started the cross with, and is now pursuing a related narrative of a money-hungry Daniels, looking to make a quick buck off of her salacious Trump story and the #Resistance crowd.
Asked about her remarks about how more "resistance" supporters attended her shows, Daniels replies: "The climate in the club definitely changed." But she says that she didn't sell herself to a different demographic.
Daniels: "I just did the same job I always did."
Asked about whether "Full Disclosure" spoke about her alleged tryst with Trump, Daniels replies it was the story of her life.
"You're trying to trick me into saying something that's not entirely true," Daniels fires at Necheles, who is asking her about the amount of money she received for selling the rights of her book to the documentary.
Necheles asks about documentary promotion events: You have become a hero at those parties for Trump haters?
A: I don't know, I don't speak for them.
Q: You are continuing to this day to make money off a story that you promised would put President Trump in jail?
A: No.
There is more measured Stormy Daniels on the witness stand today. Her answers are not as rushed as they were on Tuesday, and she is taking her time in responding, speaking with more confidence.
THIS ⬆️ is a direct benefit of not having court on Wednesday. Daniels had the time to take stock of her testimony on Tuesday and I'm sure that she was able to think about how she wanted to approach her continued cross-examination today.
Daniels says that her documentary was "polarizing," not eliciting one opinion.
Asked whether Daniels hoped she'd be "instrumental" in putting Trump in jail, Daniels sharply replies: "Show me where I said I'd be 'instrumental' in putting Trump in jail."
Necheles displays a response tweet by Daniels, who is responding to someone calling her a human toilet: "Exactly! Making me the best person to flush the orange turd down"
When Necheles says this is about Trump, Daniels jokes that that's her interpretation, getting a good laugh.😂
Necheles was showing the exhibit to refresh Daniels' memory in which she says she would be "instrumental" in putting Trump in jail, but neither "instrumental" nor "jail" featured in the "orange turd" tweet.
At the end of Tuesday, I think Necheles emerged with a slight edge over Daniels.
Today, I'd say they're in a deadlock.
But of course, my opinion doesn't matter. It's all about the jury.
This leads Necheles to ask for clarification on the "orange turd" to whom Daniels was referring.
She acknowledges that's referring to Trump. She pushes back at the implication that's about her being supposedly "instrumental" in putting him in "jail."
Daniels, coolly, factually and with a hint of indignation: "I responded to hundreds of tweets like this, calling me names."
45/ Press:
Necheles: I offer your tweet -
Stormy: It's to a suspended account, so I don't know
Prosecutor: I object, your Honor. May we approach?
[Whispered sidebar; at defense table, again, Todd Blanche whispering to Trump]
McB:
"I respond to 100s of tweets like this calling me names," Daniels says about her orange turd response
It's a good reminder that "hundreds" is likely not an exaggeration. Daniels has probably experienced years of constant online harassment, regardless of who started it
Notes from 100 Centre St: Stormy presents as wary (understandable as she is on cross), savvy, and generally a careful witness. There is an enormous amount of questioning about a Stormy tweet about an "orange turd"
-- Stormy says it was a joke in response to someone calling her a "human toilet." All exceedingly juvenile and so in keeping with the Trump world we all inhabit here.
Q: When Trump was indicted, you celebrated on Twitter by pushing merchandise from your store?
A: I tweeted that he was indicted, yes, and people asked how they could support me, so I added the link to my store
We see some of Daniels' said tweets: "Thank you to everyone for your support & love...don't want to spill my champagne 😜 #Teamstory merch/autograph orders are pouring in"
Q: That's you shilling your merchandise, right?
A: That's me doing my job
Notes from 100 Centre St: Stormy being crossed at selling ("schilling") merchandise on the internet- palpable irony given Trump's hocking everything he can get his hands on that is not nailed down.
Necheles asks about two forthcoming books—the autobiographical Rockstar Pornstar and a novel—as well as a TV show fka Spooky Babes, about the paranormal, and she was on a podcast in which she claimed to be able to speak to dead people.
Daniels jokes that a lot of the "paranormal activity" was debunked, in one instance it was just a possum under the house, and the press laughs as Necheles moves to strike and instruct the witness to answer the questions—overruled.
As Daniels answers questions about tarot cards, paranormal possums, and communing with the dead, I wonder if the jury is beginning to lose the plot. I sure am.
Necheles asks Daniels about her extensive experience in the adult film industry—
Q: You have a lot of experience in making phony stories about sex appear to be real right?
⚡️A: Wow. The sex in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room.⚡️
Q: You bragged about being good at writing dialogue & sex scenes in adult films, right?
⚡️"If that story [w Trump] was untrue, I would have written it to be a lot better," Daniels quips, delivering it like a punchline⚡️
We're back to hotel suite—the black-and-white tile of the floor—& Necheles asks whether that was part of her prep, that she was coached to include details.
A: There's nothing wrong with preparing a witness.
Q: That wasn't my question.
Necheles continues to search for chinks in Daniels' armor, the inconsistencies bw small details in her testimony & her book, saying that she was coached to "match" the details.
I don't need to match details to my book bc that's the story, Daniels says
NECHELES: You have acted in more than 200 sex films? DANIELS: Copulation. NECHELES: You directed 150 sex films?
DANIELS: “Give or take”
NECHELES: “You have a lot of experience making phony stories about sex.”
👉🏼DANIELS: “Wow. That’s not how I would put it. The sex in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room [with Trump].”
NECHELES: You memorize these fictional stories and repeating them? DANIELS: The scripts, not the sex. “Pretty sure we all know how to do that.”
NECHELES: And now there is a story you are telling about President Trump? DANIELS: “If that story was untrue, I would’ve written it to be a lot better”. “I didn’t have to write this one.”
DANIELS: “I didn’t make millions of dollars, and I didn’t write this story.”
NECHELES: You made money on your tour? Working at strip clubs? The documentary? DANIELS: “I don’t work in sex clubs, I work in strip clubs, there’s a big difference.”
Stormy says in response to questioning about whether she made up her stories like she does in her sex films: (1) the sex in those films is real like the sex with Trump ("that's why it is porn and not a B movie"), and (2) "if that story was untrue, I would have written it to be a lot better."
We're jumping around in time, now back to the 2006 Lake Tahoe golf tournament, and Necheles asks whether Daniels met other celebrities, name-checking more athletes: Aaron Rodgers. Drew Brees. Charles Barkely. Big Ben again.
Daniels isn't sure. She's met a lot of celebrities.
Necheles begins to retrace the steps that led to the hotel suite.
Q: Trump's bodyguard (Keith Schiller) invited you to dinner right, not Trump?
A: Yes.
Q: Your testimony was that you said "fuck no," but you gave Schiller your phone # anyway.
A: Yes.
Necheles seizes on more inconsistencies: isn't this is a totally different story from the one you told in 2011? I believe this is about the InTouch magazine phone interview.
"Please allow the witness to answer," Merchan cuts in, as Necheles peppers Daniels with question after question, each picking a different nit in her seemingly conflicting stories.
66/ To answer your questions: Mr. Blowdryer is the last thing I conquer. When I take off, I have to, you know, shower first and THEN use Mr. Blowdryer. The fight between Mr. Blowdryer and me is actually not his fault. He tries. It's my hair that gets cranky, Mr. B fights with it, but I always win, because I defy them both and the results are smooth and shiny. Take THAT, Mr. Blowdryer and hair!
67/ Okay, I'll catch us up now. I'll use Katie Phang's more concise posts, and some Weissmann. Phang:
Necheles must tread very carefully. The more she attacks Stormy's credibility on cross and the more she dives into areas of Stormy's interactions with Trump that Stormy was originally limited from going into on Direct Examination, the more fodder for the prosecution on Re-Direct.
It's called "opening the door" and trust me the prosecution is paying close attention to these details right now
NECHELES: You testified yesterday that when you were asked to dinner [via Keith Schiller], you said no fucking way. But in your In Touch interview, you said Donald Trump asked you to dinner. DANIELS: Correct.
DANIELS: Like I said, bodyguard/handler is a unit. DANIELS: This is an entertaining version of the events NECHELES: Now you are saying you lied in 2011 OBJECTION-SUSTAINED
NECHELES: When you went to hotel room you thought you were going out to dinner? And even though you spent 3 hours you never got dinner? DANIELS: “We never ate” NECHELES: You wrote in your book, plus I was freaking hungry. And you made a point of that in interviews. DANIELS: “It was dinner time, I was hungry, we talked about ordering food, and going down.” And it never happened. DANIELS: “I went to dinner and I didn’t get dinner."
NECHELES: Isn’t it correct that Anderson Cooper said to you, "didn't you go out to dinner that night?" You said yes? NECHELES: Anderson said You had dinner in the room? DANIELS: Yes. DANIELS: “I never actually got my food… that has not changed.” NECHELES: When you said to Anderson Cooper you said you had dinner in the room? DANIELS: “We had dinnertime in the room” NECHELES: “Your words don’t mean what they say, do they?” OBJECTION-SUSTAINED
@GottaLaff NFL I know they’re trying to attack Stormy’s credibility, but if I were on this jury it’d be the lawyer who’d be getting less credible through this mean-spirited assault, not Stormy
71/ NECHELES: You’ve acted and had sex in over 250 porn movies DANIELS: 150ish, yeah. NECHELES: & there are naked men & naked women having sex in those movies. & acc to you seeing a man in a t-shirt/boxers was so offending that you got lightheaded,nearly fainted?
DANIELS: Yes bc it was Mr. Trump on the bed, an older man sitting there, I was not expecting him to be there. If I came out of the bathroom and it was not my husband, but Mr. Trump instead, I would probably have the same reaction
NECHELES: “Because he was supposedly in a t-shirt and boxer shorts, you were so upset that he wanted to have sex with you, that you couldn’t speak up…? Not the first time in your life someone made a pass at you...
👉🏼👉🏼DANIELS: This was the first time that they had a bodyguard outside the door. And “They were twice my age and bigger than me.”
Necheles continues to cross Daniels on minor inconsistencies in her testimony and her prior tellings of what happened with Trump, incl. in the In Touch magazine interview.
NECHELES: “Your story has completely changed, hasn't it.” DANIELS: “No not at all, you’re trying to make me say that it has changed, but it hasn’t changed.”
IMO it was a bad defense strategy to try to "slut-shame" Stormy Daniels today on cross for her professional choices. Directly accusing her of being a liar because she works in the adult film industry was a poor decision.
The defense suggests that just because Daniels chooses to be a part of that industry, then she couldn't possibly be offended by a half-naked, "older" man who invited her to dinner, began the evening in satin pajamas, and then stripped his clothes to a t-shirt and boxers when she was in the bathroom.
All this lawyer is doing is proving #Trump (and his ilk) believe he can do what he wants to a woman ("grab 'em) and women have to let him because, "...when you're famous they let you do it." Thanks for reminding the jury, Trump. #StormyDaniels#trial
The cross of Stormy Daniels now resumes after the quick morning recess.
NECHELES: “Am I correct that you signed the non disclosure agreement in this case with legal advice?” DANIELS: Correct NECHELES: And you did not negotiate that NDA DANIELS: Not directly NECHELES: “And your lawyer dealt with Michael Cohen” DANIELS: Yes NECHELES: “And Michael Cohen paid you, not mr trump” DANIELS: “My attorney paid me”
NECHELES: You understand Pres Trump is charged with a crime based on how it was labeled? 🤭DANIELS: “There are a lot of indictments” (laughter) NECHELES: You changed your story many times because you never had an affair with President Trump OBJECTION-SUSTAINED
Necheles goes in for the kill: "Isn't the reason you changed your story many times is because you never had an affair with President Trump, and that you've been making money off that story for 12 years?"
Objection—sustained. Sidebar.
McB: I, for one, will be very much looking forward to reading this sidebar in the transcript later.
Hoffinger begins redirect: Defense counsel asked you quite a lot of questions yesterday and today as well about whether fear played into you signing the NDA?
Objection—overruled.
Your attorney friend advised you about "hiding in plain view," can you explain that? Hoffinger asks.
A: it just means that hiding in the open, nothing will happen to you if everyone is watching.
Q: So part of entering into the NDA was to make sure it was all documented?
A: Yes
Hoffinger goes on to clarify why then she also took the money?
👉🏼Well, everyone is happy to take money, Daniels responds, in a relatable tone.
Now we see the texts between Rodriguez and Howard (whom Daniels says she doesn't know) once again.
@GottaLaff NFL
I don't see that Stormy has changed her story. It absolutely rings true to me that her tellings of the story would change subtly given the embarrassment and the difficulties of the situation she was in. No woman just spills every gory detail of a moment like that to everyone equally. And Necheles knows that. Damn her for working for Trump and doing his dirty work.
Necheles asked you a lot of things that you did and didn't say in 2018, Hoffinger says, you didn't tell every single detail to Anderson Cooper? (No) But you mentioned a lot of details?
Objection, leading—sustained.
Hoffinger tries to introduce an exhibit, but objection, sidebar.
Q: But you did tell him you had sex with Trump, and provide details about the room?
A: I did.
Q: And you said Trump never wanted to keep it confidential?
Objection—please approach.
👉🏼"I'm so hungry," Daniels whispers, sounding bored at this stop-and-go redirect rhythm.
87/ Press:
Hoffinger: You told Anderson Cooper you had sex with Mr. Trump & what happened in the room
Trump's lawyer Necheles: Objection!
Justice Merchan: Overruled. Please approach.
[Side bar, then]
Prosecutor: You told Anderson Cooper a lot
Stormy Daniels: I did
Klasfeld:
As Hoffinger rattles off other consistencies, Necheles continues to object, at one point saying the interview isn't in evidence.
The judge continues to overrule her, until there's a sidebar conference.
Q: So you did tell Anderson Cooper about your encounter and other encounters with Trump?
A: I did.
Hoffinger shows Daniels' tweet "I'll dance down the street when he's 'selected'"—a reply to a tweet from "Intergalactic Gurl" calling Daniels a "disgusting degenerate prostitute"
The initial tweet to Daniels said: "Good luck walking down the streets after this"—which Daniels took to be a threat.
It also went on to say that no wonder the father of Daniels' daughter had left her.
Prosecutor: You didn't testify to the grand jury in this case, did you?
Trump's lawyer Necheles: Objection!
Justice Merchan: Overruled.
Stormy Daniels: I did not.
Prosecutor: In Mr. Trump's lawyer's papers in 2017 he confirmed Michael Cohen was reimbursed?
A: Yes
Prosecutor: Has your telling the truth about what happened with Mr. Trump been net positive or net negative in your life?
Trump's lawyer Necheles: Objection!
Justice Merchan: Overruled.
Stormy Daniels: Net negative.
Prosecutor: Nothing further
Hoffinger asks Daniels to clarify why this whole ordeal has cost her a lot of money: I've had to hire security, take extra precautions for my daughter, move her to a safe place to live, had to move a couple of times, lost judgment on NDA case and owe attorney's fees
Hoffinger: Has your public telling the truth about Trump been net positive or net negative in your life?
We see the Intergalactic Gurl tweet again, and asks Daniels whether this kind of thing happens a lot on twitter.
We see another Daniels reply: "you sound even dumber than he does..."
Q: That's you being nasty also right?
A: Yes.
Q: Someone you don't even know, you're calling them names? You prided yourself in your witty answers? You were attacking them right back?
A: I was defending myself
As Necheles displays more tweets of public sparring between Daniels and strangers on the internet, I'm once again reminded of the great lesson in digital permanence that has continued to be prominent in this trial since jury selection.
Stormy Daniels' voice gets progressively softer during the exchange about the attacks on her — but she's still collected.
Press:
Trump's lawyer Necheles: You were called an aging harlot - nasty, right? And you jabbed back and said you made a million dollars and just paid for your new ranch
Stormy Daniels: Yes I defend myself on Twitter. And I pay my bills.
Back to "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU"
Q: This doesn't say your name, does it?
A: No.
Q: Do you realize at the time there was a Republican PAC coming after him?
A: No.
No further questions, and Hoffinger is back at the lectern.
Hoffinger displays a splitscreen: People's 408A, Trump's Truth Social post calling Daniels "horseface" and "sleazebag" next to Exhibit J2, a tweet of Daniels.
Both within six days of each other.
As Weisselberg's assistant for 8 years, Manochio sat right outside his office, and Weisselberg would interact with Trump every day. Manochio had a role in processing expenses: she put checks with their backup together, and gave them to Weisselberg to sign.
Q: Do you know if Trump's personal expenses were processed by the Trump Org?
A: Yes
Q: Do you know how Trump paid his expenses?
A: By check.
Q: Did Trump get a new job in 2017?
A: What was that new job, and did he have to move for it?
Q: President of the United States, and to Washington, D.C.
McB: After the drama and strange turns of the morning and Tuesday, it's almost refreshing to be talking about checks and invoices
Deb Tarasoff, from accounts payable, gave Manochio checks to sign, she says. She never looked inside the envelopes she sent.
Usually sent 10-20 at a time, but she does recall sending a single check. The checks she sent were unsigned. When she received them back, Trump's signature was on them. She usually got them back in a few days.
Manochio says she would speak to Madeleine Westerhout, Trump's WH executive assistant at the beginning of his term, on the phone when checks were missing, or other confusion.
👉🏼Perhaps a clue as to the prosecution's next witness.
Mangold walks through the process of eliciting testimony from Manochio in order to admit certain documents into evidence as Trump Organization business records. When she's done, she offers several exhibits into evidence.
Interesting tidbit here:
EXHIBIT: FEDEXS SENT THROUGH TRUMP ORG ACCOUNT Ship Date: May 23, 2017 Delivered: May 24 2017 08:57
Sender: Rebeccca Manochio The Trump Organization Recipient: Keith Schiller
MANGOLD: “Do you know what this is a fed ex for?” MANOCIO: “His checks” MANGOLD: These are unsigned checks you sent to dc for trump to sign MANOCIO: Correct
MANGOLD: Is that a white house address for schiller? MANOCIO: It’s a personal. MANGOLD: Do you know why you asked to send checks to Mr. Schiller’s home address in DC? MANOCIO: no MANGOLD: who told you to send checks to schiller MANOCIO: Rhona Graff
Some amused gasps as the prosecutor asks her why the Trump Org—when Trump was in the White House—would deliver checks (like Cohen's reimbursement checks) to his bodyguard Keith Schiller's home address in DC.
She sends the FedEx, she receives the FedEx. The checks go to DC unsigned, and come back to New York signed.
Easy come, easy go.
There, I saved you from reading dozens of transcript pages.
Around Sept 2017, Manochio's point of contact changed to John McEntee (personal aide to the president). In an email he asked Rhona Graff to put him in touch with "Rebecca that works for Mr. Weisleberg [sic]," bc he "will need the bosses personal checks mailed to me."
Trump’s ego needs to stroked by everyone around him, including his lawyers at his criminal trial. After confirming that celebrities like Aaron Rodgers, Charles Barkley, and Ben Roethlisberger were at the golf tournament where Trump met Stormy Daniels, Trump’s lawyer asked Daniels to confirm that Trump was the most famous celebrity there.
She then asked Daniels to confirm that Trump did very well at that golf tournament. Only Trump would be petty enough to try to get evidence of his fame and golf prowess admitted as evidence at his criminal trial.
EMAIL DATE: September 7, 2017 at 11am “Hi Rhona: Can you put me in contact with Rebecca that works for Mr. Weisselberg. With Keith leaving I will need the bosses personal checks mailed to me. Thank you John McEntee”
MANGOLD: Who is this from and to? MANOCHIO: From John McEntee to Rhona Graff, the subject is "CHECKS TO SIGN"
Q: Did you ever send anything to Keith Schiller other than checks for Mr. Trump to sign?
A: No.
This direct examination, conducted by prosecutor Rebecca Mangold, focuses largely on the witness's close readings of FedEx records which will be submitted into evidence and eventually made public.
Clerical stuff, but it builds the paper trail at the heart of the case.
Try living in Australia — the courtroom action starts at bedtime! I spend too long each morning trying to catch-up with what happened overnight. And wondering what Mr Blowdryer's back-story is...
@GottaLaff NFL This really points to Trump's "mob boss" tactics and having other people make threats and harass and attack people for him. This is exactly what we need to end in our society.
@darwinwoodka@GottaLaff I watched the “Stormy” documentary on Peacock Tuesday night and there’s a segment where she’s reading horrifying threats of violence and death from her phone. She has been receiving them for years and, as far as I know, no one has ever been arrested or prosecuted. I suspect her testimony at this trial will ignite more of the same and I fear for her safety.
@GottaLaff NFL - attacking her on her work in the porn industry is also bad because Stormy has been dealing with these sort of questions her entire adult life. Trump's attorneys were effectively lobbing softballs for her.
@GottaLaff NFL but this is just how Trump, and all powerful men, treat women. One of the reasons this story so resonates with everyone is because it's such a perfect reflection of how our society functions. And why all this is backfiring right now, because we're all sick to death of it.
@GottaLaff it's kind of interesting that on the one hand the defense wants to vilify Daniels for being a 'porn star' and then completely forgets what the word 'star' means. She was pretty famous for her work - more so than Trump before the Apprentice, I would bet.
If wanting to make money for something is supposed to invalidate testimony, then we just stop all the trials and automatically find Trump guilty of everything.
He bowed his head?
Jesus.
Conservatives really do want a king or emperor, don't they?
I suggest they move to England for the former, and Russia for the latter.
NFL
I like to think that there's a subtle emphasis on Mister Trump, not quite to the degree with which Hugo Weaving emphasizes "Mister Anderson" but about halfway there.
Just my imagination running wild, but it'd be fun.
@GottaLaff I keep reading snippets about your move. Do you have a podcast about it? Where do I find it? I doubt we would move to Canada, I left Alaska after over 50 years because of the dark. But it would nice to know how difficult it would be to..just in case. I have already told my husband I won’t stay if t wins….I really don’t believe he will.
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