In a remarkable day of testimony with the former president sitting roughly 10 feet away from her, Daniels recounted the tryst in detail. She also talked about Trump’s supposed efforts to get her on his TV show and her decision to come forward with her story, as well as the payoff and the fallout from doing so, NBC News reported.
Trump’s lawyers argued that some of Daniels’ account of the 2006 encounter “was unduly and inappropriately prejudicial.” They then requested a mistrial.
Judge Juan Merchan shot down the mistrial motion but acknowledged that “there were things that would have been better left unsaid,” adding that he would strike some of Daniels’ testimony from the record.
Court isn’t in session Wednesday. Cross-examination of Daniels will resume Thursday morning.
Trump is headed to Florida on Tuesday evening, with plans to spend Wednesday at Mar-a-Lago, Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
