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Anderson Cooper 360

Stormy Daniels Testifies in Trump's Hush Money Trial

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels, the woman at the heart of the Trump hush money case, took the stand and gave dramatic and at times explicit testimony about her alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump. Judge Merchan denied a motion for a mistrial from the defense who argued Daniels' testimony went too far. Sketch artist Jane Rosenberg joins Anderson with details from inside the courtroom. And in another legal development for the former President, a Florida federal judge indefinitely postponed his classified documents case. Former federal judge Shira Scheindlin gives her perspective on that move as well as Stormy Daniels' testimony in New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening and welcome to our special continuing prime time coverage of the

0:07.1

Trump-plush money trial. Day 13 saw Stormy Daniels take the stand.

0:11.3

I saw the defense move for mistrial over some of what she said and then launch into their

0:15.4

cross-examination, which is expected to continue on Thursday when the trial resumes.

0:20.4

But before getting into the nuts and bolts of what transpired today, it's hard not to stop

0:23.8

and consider that this is happening at all.

0:26.2

A former president of the United States running for president again, confronted in court by the

0:30.6

porn star who's silence he's accused of buying and covering up so

0:34.4

that he could become president the first time around.

0:37.0

Tonight will bring you her testimony in great detail to the relationship she says

0:40.4

they had, the effect prosecutors hope it will have on the case and defense

0:44.5

attempts to undermine it which began early on with the following exchange she

0:48.0

had with Trump attorney Susan Necklace who asked her quote, am I correct

0:52.4

that you hate President Trump,

0:54.4

to which Daniels replied, yes.

0:56.8

As for the former president,

0:58.1

he did not have a single word to say

0:59.7

about Stormy Daniels at the end of the day,

1:01.6

but had plenty to say about the case itself.

1:05.6

So this was a very big day, a very revealing day, as you see their case that's totally

1:11.8

falling apart.

1:13.0

They have nothing on books and records and even something that should bear very little relationship to the case.

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