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Stormy Daniels returns to Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Thursday for more testimony. The night she met Donald Trump changed both their worlds. trib.al/QJVkKNb

I knew Stormy and her manager, Gina Rodriguez, a lifetime ago. Stormy's saga is a cautionary tale for anyone disclosing an alleged affair with a powerful person. Smart story by Olivia Nuzzi

“That story has made you a lot of money,” Necheles said.

“It’s also cost me a lot of…

Blanche faults prosecutors for asking 'do you remember how your clothes got off,' 'Is that a memory that has not come back to you' and other inquiries.

'There's no reason for that question, your honor. It shouldn't have been asked.'

Blanche, with some indignation: 'You have jurors who are now hearing about an imbalance of power between a man and a woman.'

He says that isn't relevant to the case.

Blanche recites the passage of the transcript where Daniels quoted Trump trying to talk her into sex by telling her '[i]f you ever want to get out of that trailer park.'

Olivia Nuzzi Blanche calls the level of detail irrelevant:

'This is not a case about sex.'

It's not about whether the sex took place or didn't take place, he adds.

Throughout post-trial arguments, Blanche has described Daniels' darker account of the tryst with Trump as completely new.

It's worth comparing Daniels' testimony with her interview last year by @OliviaNuzzi. x.com/Olivianuzzi/st…

NECHELES: You memorize these fictional stories and repeating them?
DANIELS: The scripts, not the sex. “Pretty sure we all know how to do that.”

NECHELES: And now there is a story you are telling about President Trump?
DANIELS: “If that story was untrue, I would’ve written it…

Meanwhile, back at the Truth Social ranch… “Has anyone ever noticed that there’s just no happiness on the left? They’re not happy. They’re not happy people. And for good reason. Thank you very much.”

With my colleague Olivia Nuzzi, I wrote about Stormy Daniels, witness for the prosecution of Donald Trump, for New York Magazine nymag.com/intelligencer/…

i need a shock collar for every time i say “like” btw

Merchan: 'Let's get the witness, please.'

Justice Merchan:

'I do not believe we have reached the point that a mistrial is on order.'

He also notes, 'The more times a story has been changed,' the more fodder the defense has for cross-examination.