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“A strong woman on the stand”

Deadline: White House

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News, Politics, Nbc News, Msnbc, Nicolle Wallace, Washington Dc, Government, Donald Trump, The White House, Daily News

4.65.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Nicolle Wallace is joined by Andrew Weissmann, Susanne Craig, Vaughn Hillyard, Lachlan Cartwright, Michael Steele, Kristy Greenberg, Yasmin Vossoughian, Mary McCord, Ian Bassin, Molly Jong-Fast, and Cornell Belcher.

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0:00.0

Hi everyone happy

0:10.0

happy Thursday it's four o'clock in New York the woman with the story that led to that

0:14.4

six-figure hush money payment to cover up and ultimately the first ever

0:19.0

criminal trial in an American ex-president came under relentless fire today from Donald Trump's

0:25.0

defense team. The composed and rather steely Stormy Daniels was on the stand

0:30.0

for hours what felt like days of cross-examination and then a rather brief

0:35.5

redirect when the prosecutors got to go back and talk to her again. Now the trial

0:40.0

for Donald Trump is still underway right now on the stand as we speak the ex

0:44.6

president's former assistant. Her name is Madeline Westerhout. She told the

0:49.3

jury that Donald Trump played paid very close attention to his finances, even when he was in the White House.

0:56.8

But we begin with Donald Trump's defense team throwing the kitchen sink at Stormy Daniels.

1:01.6

They were trying to portray her at times as money grubbing

1:05.2

inconsistent driven by personal hatred even rolling out the she's crazy line of

1:10.3

attack against her. At one point attorney Susan Necklace said this quote you have a

1:14.9

lot of experience making phony stories about sex to which Daniels replied quote wow that's

1:21.8

not how I would put it. The sex in the films is very much

1:25.4

real just like what happened to me in that room. To try to prove that Storm of

1:30.9

Daniels profited off of her association with Donald Trump.

1:34.0

Trump's defense lawyers pointed out that Stormy sold merchandise to which Stormy

1:38.6

Daniels fired back, quote, not unlike Mr. Trump.

1:42.0

Team Trump also suggested that Stormy Daniels quote, not unlike Mr. Trump.

1:42.6

Team Trump also suggested that Stormy Daniels opposed Trump politically

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