“In a statement dictated to her granddaughter Clara Spera days before her death, she said, ‘My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new President is installed.’”
OCTOBER 10
DANIELS: It was an NDA- a contract between parties or people to keep info secret.
HOFFINGER: “Who did you understand was the beneficiary of that NDA?”
DANIELS: “Donald Trump”
HOFFINGER: “And who was representing him at the time?”
DANIELS: “Michael Cohen”
HOFFINGER: “What did you understand were the general terms of the confidential settlement agreement or non disclosure agreement?”
DANIELS: In exchange for the $130,000 that I could not tell my story, that he couldn’t tell the story, no contact “We had to pretend that we didn’t know each other at all, basically”
EXHIBIT 63 SHOWN - SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT
DANIELS: To identify who the fake names were
Peggy Peterson and David Dennison
HOFFINGER: Is that your signature for PP/Stephanie Clifford/Stormy Daniels
DANIELS: Yes, I signed it
HOFFINGER: After you were interviewed for In Touch did you have an encounter in a parking lot in Las Vegas?
DANIELS: My daughter and I were going to a mommy and me workout class and… “I was approached by a man in a parking lot in Las Vegas. I thought he was the husband or something of one of the other women in the class.”
DANIELS: “He threatened me not to continue to tell my story.”
HOFFINGER: What story?
DANIELS: “About my encounter with Mr. Trump”
HOFFINGER: Did you tell the police?
DANIELS: No because I was scared and my daughter's father was also struggling and I did not tell my boyfriend, he was struggling with post-partum stuff with my daughter and alcoholism. I’d never told him about sex with Trump, so if I’d told him then when “his world was exploding,” it wouldn’t have been good.
HOFFINGER: Oct 2011, did you become aware that an article had come out online about your encounter w Trump called ?
DANIELS: Yes, Gina called….it is a gossip site, she may have sent me over
HOFFINGER: Did you provide info to that site?
DANIELS: No, I’d never even heard of this. I didn’t want the person who threatened me and my baby to think I’d done it.
HOFFINGER: Did you want it taken down?
DANIELS: Yeah, absolutely
HOFFINGER: Was it in fact successful in doing that?
DANIELS: “I assumed so, because it came down”thedirty.com
Stormy is back on the stand after the quick morning recess.
DANIELS: “I’d been there quite a while, drank a couple bottles of water, and that’s all we were drinking, was water.” Instructed to go through bedroom and help myself to the facility.
Daniels: I left bathroom and went around the bed and was hoping to say time to go i was there a long time and i when i opened bathroom door to come out MR Trump was on the bed and he was wearing boxer shorts and a t-shirt, i was startled.
DANIELS: “ At first it was just startled, like a jump scare. Wasn’t expecting someone to be there especially minus a lot of clothing.”
DANIELS: “And that’s when I had that moment where I felt like the room spun in slow motion.”
Starting a new thread here for Stormy's testimony:
HOFFINGER: He asked about your work?
DANIELS: He was very interested in how i went from being a porn star to writing and directing and i told him we have real scripts and i explained the different types of adult films from 5000 dollars to 200,000.
Trump asks Stormy about STDs.
Daniels: At the time, you had to be tested every 30 days; he asked if she had ever had a “bad test” and she said no, she had never tested positive for anything.
DANIELS: I chose to work for Wicked Pictures because they are a “condom mandatory company”- even if you’re husband and wife, when you perform on cam for Wicked Pictures, you have to use a condom. Even when I worked with my husband I had to use a condom even though I’m allergic to latex.
HOFFINGER: “Is that one of the reasons you worked there.”
DANIELS: Yes.
Tarasoff is back on the stand going through the invoices and payments to Cohen.
After her Direct is over, Blanche gets up to cross her. He basically gets her to admit that she doesn’t know the background behind the invoices or the payments and that she just got instructions from McConney or Weisselberg.
(It’s more of the “Trump Was At A Distance” defense.)
The jury is excused for the day. The lawyers are now arguing over re-calling a witness to get certain evidence in.