Today we got the news that the prosecution and Donald Trump's New York

hush money case does not plan to call Karen McDougal to testify.

Now if you remember, Karen McDougal is the former Playboy model who received $150,000 in the lead up to the 2016 election as part of a

catch and kill scheme with the National Inquirer to stay quiet about her affair

with Donald Trump. That means that Stormy Daniels' testimony, the testimony

that wrapped up today, will be the only testimony this jury hears that is directly from

a woman accusing Donald Trump of trying to keep her quiet about an affair

before the 2016 election. Now there are lots of reasons why Ms McDougal might not want to

testify and there are lots of reasons why the

prosecution might not want to call on her to testify. We are going to get some

expert help unpacking all of that and what that means for this case in just a second.

But Karen McDougal not testifying also makes a testimony we did get today from Stormy Daniels

all the more important. And it makes the cross-examination of Stormy Daniels today

makes that all the more important. Now the defense's cross-examination today is

probably most accurately described by a phrase

I am loath to say.

But it really does describe what happened today when Stormy Daniels was questioned by Trump's lawyer, Susan Necklace.

Sultshaming.

The focus of this cross-examination was painting Stormy Daniels as promiscuous and therefore somehow unreliable as a narrator.

I'm going to warn you that if you have children in the room or you simply just don't want to hear about Donald Trump's alleged sex life, I mean who can

blame you? Now is a good time to mute your television. This is Trump attorney

Susan Necklace speaking to Stormy Daniels. You've acted in porn in 200 sex films, right?

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