Stormy Daniels Takes the Stand | What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Spare a thought for the judge in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. Justice Juan Merchan has gone from holding the former president in contempt of court… to telling Trump’s defense they probably should have objected more during Stormy Daniels’ testimony.
Guest: Jeremy Stahl, Slate’s jurisprudence editor.
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[@janwoodworth1]

Ivanka at home: But he calls ME Honeybunch!

[@josephzerres9814]

Stormy is going to owe Trump even more money after this trial

[@larryneville1811]

So, now she claims she lied about lying but you people believe her now, sounds left.

[@mc.9-]

you are describing Trump

[@TwinGoats]

And her taking the stand is what gets this case thrown out… her details have ZERO to do with accounting errors…

[@mc.9-]

but everything to do with the credibility of someone who claims it never happened. As Mitt Romney said, who ever paid a porn star $130k NOT to have sex?

[@jimjames2516]

👺

[@danielgriffin8132]

Disgusting