Post by elle on May 9, 2024 7:56:19 GMT -6
NECHELES: “You could have done a press conference?”
DANIELS: “I chose to be safe.”
NECHELES: “You chose to make money right.”
DANIELS: “I chose to take the non-disclosure.”
DANIELS: “I chose to be safe.”
NECHELES: “You chose to make money right.”
DANIELS: “I chose to take the non-disclosure.”
NECHELES: You told Jacob Weisberg from SLATE about your supposed affair with President Trump, right?
DANIELS: Yes
NECHELES: And you told him about the fact that you were negotiating with Michael Cohen about the NDA
DANIELS: Yes
DANIELS: Yes
NECHELES: And Weisberg tried to convince you to let him publish the story
DANIELS: He was my backup in case the NDA fell thru, “everyone wanted to publish the story”
DANIELS: Yes
NECHELES: And you told him about the fact that you were negotiating with Michael Cohen about the NDA
DANIELS: Yes
DANIELS: Yes
NECHELES: And Weisberg tried to convince you to let him publish the story
DANIELS: He was my backup in case the NDA fell thru, “everyone wanted to publish the story”
NECHELES: You negotiated a payment and you signed an agreement that you wouldn't tell your story?
DANIELS: Correct
NECHELES: You described this document as a contract to keep information secret?
DANIELS: Yes
DANIELS: Correct
NECHELES: You described this document as a contract to keep information secret?
DANIELS: Yes
Now, Necheles is asking Daniels about the letter her atty, Davidson, prepared in response to the Jan. 2018 article in the WSJ. Within it, it says that Daniels did not have sex with Trump.
Daniels testifies that her lawyer, Keith Davidson, wrote it, gave it to her, and told her to sign it.
Daniels testifies that her lawyer, Keith Davidson, wrote it, gave it to her, and told her to sign it.
Necheles then asks Daniel about another denial she issued on Jan. 30, 2018 entitled: “OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF STORMY DANIELS”.
NECHELES: Michael Cohen got you to sign this?
DANIELS: “Via Keith Davidson. I never spoke to Michael Cohen directly.”
NECHELES: In 2018, President Trump was denying this relationship, right?
DANIELS: Yes
NECHELES: And he wanted you to deny it as well, right?
DANIELS: Yes
NECHELES: Michael Cohen got you to sign this?
DANIELS: “Via Keith Davidson. I never spoke to Michael Cohen directly.”
NECHELES: In 2018, President Trump was denying this relationship, right?
DANIELS: Yes
NECHELES: And he wanted you to deny it as well, right?
DANIELS: Yes
NECHELES: You understand Trump has a brand?
DANIELS: A brand? Yes
NECELES: You understood that his concern about protecting his brand? He talked about creating an image that was successful?
DANIELS: Yes
DANIELS: A brand? Yes
NECELES: You understood that his concern about protecting his brand? He talked about creating an image that was successful?
DANIELS: Yes
NECHELES: “Even though you had agreed that you would not discuss this supposed story and you had received a lot of money for that agreement, you then decided that you wanted to publicly say that you had sex with Donald Trump.”
DANIELS: “No, nobody would ever want to publicly say that”. I wanted to publicly defend myself after Michael Cohen told that story.
NECHELES: You wanted to make more money?
DANIELS: No, that's why 60 Minutes was free.
DANIELS: “No, nobody would ever want to publicly say that”. I wanted to publicly defend myself after Michael Cohen told that story.
NECHELES: You wanted to make more money?
DANIELS: No, that's why 60 Minutes was free.
NECHELES: In that [60 Minutes] interview you told the world what happened with Pres. Trump?
DANIELS: Yes and I was not compensated
NECHELES: You got lots of publicity?
DANIELS: Lots of bad publicity.
DANIELS: Yes and I was not compensated
NECHELES: You got lots of publicity?
DANIELS: Lots of bad publicity.
NECHELES: “Michael Avenatti was helping you to get all this publicity, right?”
DANIELS: “He did arrange to get me on CNN and The View, but everything else he took for himself.”
NECHELES: You were going to make lots of money and negotiate a book contract, $800,000?
DANIELS: Yes.
NECHELES: In addition to the $130,000?
DANIELS: I did not receive 130. I also didn't receive the $800,000; my commission was stolen from me.
DANIELS: “He did arrange to get me on CNN and The View, but everything else he took for himself.”
NECHELES: You were going to make lots of money and negotiate a book contract, $800,000?
DANIELS: Yes.
NECHELES: In addition to the $130,000?
DANIELS: I did not receive 130. I also didn't receive the $800,000; my commission was stolen from me.
NECHELES: Am I correct that the centerpiece of your book is about your story of supposedly having sex with president trump?
DANIELS: “Sadly, I thought that’s what a lot of people would turn to first,” but it started with me at 2 years old."
DANIELS: “Sadly, I thought that’s what a lot of people would turn to first,” but it started with me at 2 years old."
NECHELES: After you wrote the book, you went on tour …”Make America Horny Again.”
DANIELS: “I did not name that tour, and I fought it tooth and nail.”
NECHELES: You continued this strip club tour in 2018, 2019?
DANIELS: I continued doing my job, yes. Dancing at clubs, which I've done since 2001.
DANIELS: “I did not name that tour, and I fought it tooth and nail.”
NECHELES: You continued this strip club tour in 2018, 2019?
DANIELS: I continued doing my job, yes. Dancing at clubs, which I've done since 2001.
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Katie's Sidebar:
There is more measured Stormy Daniels on the witness stand today. Her answers are not as rushed as they were on Tuesday, and she is taking her time in responding, speaking with more confidence.
THIS ⬆️ is a direct benefit of not having court on Wednesday. Daniels had the time to take stock of her testimony on Tuesday and I'm sure that she was able to think about how she wanted to approach her continued cross-examination today.
Delays don't always benefit the defense...
There is more measured Stormy Daniels on the witness stand today. Her answers are not as rushed as they were on Tuesday, and she is taking her time in responding, speaking with more confidence.
THIS ⬆️ is a direct benefit of not having court on Wednesday. Daniels had the time to take stock of her testimony on Tuesday and I'm sure that she was able to think about how she wanted to approach her continued cross-examination today.
Delays don't always benefit the defense...
NECHELES: “You were selling yourself as someone who hated President trump, and someone who could get President trump indicted, right?”
DANIELS: “I was not selling myself to anyone”.
DANIELS: “I was not selling myself to anyone”.
NECHELES: And you also participated in making an NBC documentary about yourself, which aired on television just recently, right?
DANIELS: Yes.
DANIELS : They gave me $100,000 for back footage, but I was not paid for an interview”. A lot was footage, but I had to pay back cameramen, etc.
DANIELS: Yes.
DANIELS : They gave me $100,000 for back footage, but I was not paid for an interview”. A lot was footage, but I had to pay back cameramen, etc.
NECHELES: You’re traveling all over the place to promote this film.
DANIELS: Yes it’s all part of promotion for the film
NECHELES: You have become a hero at those parties to Trump haters, right?
DANIELS: I don’t know.
DANIELS: Yes it’s all part of promotion for the film
NECHELES: You have become a hero at those parties to Trump haters, right?
DANIELS: I don’t know.
NECHELES: You have acted in more than 200 sex films?
DANIELS: Copulation.
NECHELES: You directed 150 sex films?
DANIELS: “Give or take”
NECHELES: “You have a lot of experience making phony stories about sex.”
DANIELS: “Wow. That’s not how I would put it. The sex in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room [with Trump].”
DANIELS: Copulation.
NECHELES: You directed 150 sex films?
DANIELS: “Give or take”
NECHELES: “You have a lot of experience making phony stories about sex.”
DANIELS: “Wow. That’s not how I would put it. The sex in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room [with Trump].”
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 to be a lot better”. “I didn’t have to write this one.”
DANIELS: “I didn’t make millions of dollars, and I didn’t write this story.”
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 to be a lot better”. “I didn’t have to write this one.”
DANIELS: “I didn’t make millions of dollars, and I didn’t write this story.”
NECHELES: You made money on your tour? Working at strip clubs? The documentary?
DANIELS: “I don’t work in sex clubs, I work in strip clubs, there’s a big difference.”
DANIELS: “I don’t work in sex clubs, I work in strip clubs, there’s a big difference.”