The New York Times reports:
Stormy Daniels, who received $130,000 on the eve of the 2016 election to keep silent about a one-night sexual encounter she said she’d had with Donald J. Trump, is back on the witness stand in the former president’s criminal trial, facing more questions from his lawyers. Ms. Daniels described on Tuesday — sometimes nervously, sometimes graphically and often quickly — of a liaison in a Nevada hotel suite with Mr. Trump.
Defense lawyers began a combative cross-examination of Ms. Daniels before the court took its weekly Wednesday break, suggesting she was a liar and accusing her of trying to make money off her story. Susan Necheles, the defense lawyer, begins the questioning by saying that in 2011, Daniels denied having had sex with Trump. The prosecution objects and the judge instructs Daniels not to answer. Necheles moves on, saying that Daniels changed her account in 2016, when she was trying to sell her story.
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Stormy Daniels, who was paid to keep her account of sex with Donald Trump secret, is back on the witness stand in his criminal trial, facing more questions from his lawyers. Follow live here. https://t.co/wP9L7cKVxw
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