Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ubiquitous Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.pol-incorrect Subject: Re: Stormy Daniels Gave "Disastrous" Testimony In Trump Trial, CNN Legal Analyst Says Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 04:30:42 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 68 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 13:28:34 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="382c7226a4a3ab0a78909cde39911d23"; logging-data="1619523"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/zq3nA0Uj1OT1gk24DKWle1XOxODa9d3A=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:7IjDYLsKt+QAgcBHRYdKHsfuSu4= X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.12N (x86 32bit) Bytes: 4252 In article , suzeeq@imbris.com wrote: > On 5/14/2024 4:25 AM, NoBody wrote: >> Ubiquitous wrote: >>> CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said adult film actress Stormy Daniels >>> gave “disastrous” responses during her appearance on Tuesday at former >>> President Donald Trump‘s New York City hush-money trial. >>> >>> During a segment on CNN with other legal experts, Honig offered his >>> take on the testimony, which included Stormy Daniels discussing her >>> alleged 2006 hotel tryst with Trump that the former president has >>> denied. While he contended that Daniels was believable when it came to >>> the sex claim, Honig argued the cross-examination could spell trouble >>> for prosecutors. >>> >>> "The cross-exam, boy, her responses were disastrous. I mean, ‘Do you >>> hate Donald Trump?’ "Yes." Of course she does. That's a big deal. When >>> the witness hates the person whose liberty is at stake? That's a big >>> damn deal.” >>> >>> https://youtu.be/mchsOA2RDus >>> >>> In the case brought by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Trump faces 34 felony >>> counts of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up payments, >>> including to Daniels, in a bid to conceal damaging information as part >>> of a “catch-and-kill” scheme to influence the 2016 election. He has >>> pleaded not guilty. The trial began last month, and Daniels took the >>> stand on Tuesday. >>> >>> CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP >>> >>> During the cross-examination, Daniels said “yes” after being asked if >>> she hated Trump. When pressed on whether she wants Trump to go to jail, >>> Daniels said she wants “him to be held accountable” and “if he is >>> found guilty, absolutely.” She also faced questions about tweets >>> suggesting she does not want to pay $500,000 in legal fees to Trump after >>> a failed defamation lawsuit. >>> >>> “The defense is going to say she's willing to defy a court order,” >>> Honig said after raising these issues. “Why — she's not willing to >>> respect an order of a judge, why is she going to respect this oath she >>> took? I thought it went quite poorly on cross-exam. At the end of >>> direct, I thought, OK, they got what they needed. But I think the cross >>> is making real inroads.” >>> >>> Earlier, Honig said his impression was that Stormy Daniels had been >>> “plausible on her explanation of what happened in that hotel room” in >>> 2006. "It's hard for me to believe that a juror heard that and thought, >>> this is entirely made up,” he said, adding that although there “may >>> well be some embellishments,” he thought it was “quite clear they had >>> sex in 2006 in that hotel room.” >> >> The prosecutors have yet to produce ANY evidence that Trump committed >> any crime. >> >He's charged with covering up payments to her for killing her story to >interfere with his 2016 campaign. That's the crime and they have proved >it with other witnesses. Were you recently, or ever kicked in the head by a mule? There is no crime and if it there were, it's expiration date has long passed. This is just another example of why America is becoming a banana republic. -- Let's go Brandon!