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Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for they payment on the eve of the 2016 presidential election – Copyright POOL\/AFP TIMOTHY A. CLARY<\/small><\/em><\/p>\nAndr\u00e9a BAMBINO<\/em><\/p>\nDonald Trump\u2019s New York criminal trial prepared to wrap up its third week of evidence Friday following bombshell testimony from the adult film star at the heart of the case.<\/p>\n
Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had sex with Trump in 2006, denied she threatened him if he did not buy her silence for $130,000, a payment Trump then covered up, prosecutors say.<\/p>\n
Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for the payment on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, when the story could have proved politically fatal.<\/p>\n
The completion of Daniels\u2019 marathon testimony and cross-examination this week clears the way for prosecutors to call Cohen, their remaining star witness.<\/p>\n
The trial was taking place just six months before the November election, when the Republican hopeful will try to defeat Democratic President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n
During nearly eight hours over two days, Daniels walked the New York jury through the one-night stand she said she had with Trump at a celebrity golf tournament, and then the financial settlement she says ensued.<\/p>\n
In her testimony, she described Trump\u2019s pajamas, his boxer shorts, the sexual position and that he did not wear a condom.<\/p>\n
And while she was \u201cnot threatened verbally or physically\u201d she said she \u201cfelt ashamed I didn\u2019t stop it, didn\u2019t say no.\u201d<\/p>\n
These were details the defense argued were irrelevant to the case \u2014 but which they doubled down on and repeated frequently during cross-examination.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The jury also heard from Madeleine Westerhout, the former Trump assistant who has penned a book about her experience working in the White House, and described Trump\u2019s involvement with all aspects of his business.<\/p>\n
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Trump has denied having sex with Daniels and his lawyers asked the judge for a mistrial on the grounds her testimony was \u201cextremely prejudicial\u201d in what is essentially a financial records and election-related case.<\/p>\n
Judge Juan Merchan denied the mistrial request on Tuesday, and a second one lodged on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s lawyers also suggested Daniels was out for the money.<\/p>\n
They accused her of appearing at strip club events promoted with a picture of Trump and the tagline \u201cMaking America Horny Again.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said she disliked the slogan and was not responsible for it.<\/p>\n
Merchan has imposed a gag order on Trump prohibiting him from publicly attacking witnesses and the ex-president \u2014 who has traded insults with Daniels for years, calling her \u201chorseface\u201d and other crude slurs \u2014 has not commented directly on her testimony.<\/p>\n
Trump said on Thursday that his side had filed an appeal against the gag order in an appellate court.<\/p>\n
His lawyers also demanded that Trump be allowed to hit back publicly at Daniels\u2019 claims about their encounter now that she was no longer a witness.<\/p>\n
Judge Merchan denied the request to change the gag order, which Trump has been fined $10,000 for breaking.<\/p>\n
In addition to the New York case, Trump has been indicted in Washington and Georgia on charges of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n
He has also been charged in Florida with allegedly mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House but that case has been postponed indefinitely.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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