Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on at Manhattan Criminal Court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs in New York on April 22, 2024. – Donald Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial is set for opening statements after final jury selection ended Friday, leaving the Republican presidential candidate facing weeks of hostile testimony that will overshadow his White House campaign.
“The intention was pretty clear, someone stripped down to their underwear posing on the bed waiting for you.”Trump impassively stared ahead through Daniels’ testimony, which often veered into graphic sexual specifics despite the judge’s best efforts.Was he wearing a condom? “No.”He appeared annoyed at times and struggled to keep Daniels on topic, ordering her to “just answer the questions” after repeated objections from the defense, several of which he upheld.
The encounter took place in 2006, she recalled, when Trump had pushed to have dinner with her at a golf tournament. “I said well, we were tested every 30 days,” Daniels told the court, occasionally looking straight at Trump, who did not return her gaze.Daniels said their lengthy conversation touched on Trump’s wife Melania — with Trump saying “we actually don’t even sleep in the same room” — as well as whether Daniels should go on Trump’s hit show “The Apprentice.”And when Trump showed her a magazine with him on the cover, she joked: “Someone should spank you with that,” she told the court.