Even CNN admits Stormy Daniels’ testimony is flopping

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A CNN panel of political analysts discussing the testimony of porn actress Stormy Daniels against former president Donald Trump highlights what a circus the lawsuit is, as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg watched his star witness go down in flames.

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“There have been a couple times where she seems to be cracking a joke, trying to get a reaction from the jury, and our reporters in the room have noted that the jury hasn’t seemed to respond,” said Kaitlan Collins as another host agreed. “No they’re taking their job seriously,” Jake Tapper replied.

Attorney Elie Honig sounded embarrassed for Daniels. “Humor is risky in the courtroom, especially if you go in with lines… If something happened spontaneously — if an easel falls over — people will laugh. They’re human. But it’s never gonna work if you go in there like ‘I’m going to amuse the jury and say this clever thing,’” he said.

Prosecutors allege that Trump authorized a $130,000 payment to Daniels before the 2016 election to inhibit her from going on the record about an affair and that the payment was illegally classified as a legal expense. The Federal Election Commission has previously found that the payment did not qualify as a campaign expense, something that Bragg has sought to prove since bringing charges last year.

Nonetheless, despite any sort of sexual encounter at any point of his life, it would be irrelevant to the charges actually brought against the former president.

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Daniels discussed details of the hotel room the alleged tryst occurred in and stated Trump had “very thought-out business questions” about her career during their meeting at a Lake Tahoe celebrity golf tournament.

“He asked how I got involved in the adult entertainment business,” Daniels says. “He was very interested in how I segued from just being a porn star to writing and directing. He asked about the business aspects of it. ‘Are there any unions, do you get residuals, how are people paid? Do you get health insurance? What about testing? Are you worried about STDs?’ He was very interested in a lot of the business aspects of it which I thought was very cool.”

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