WHERE TRUMP LAWYERS ONCE AGAIN ASKED THAT THE CASE BE DISMISSED.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
STORMY DANIELS LEAVING
COURT AFTER A
BLISTERING
CROSS-EXAMINATION.
FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S DEFENSE TEAM
SUGGESTING SHE’S BEEN
TRYING TO CASH IN ON
HER STORY OF SEX WITH
MR. TRUMP AT A
CELEBRITY GOLF
TOURNAMENT 18 YEARS
AGO, WHICH HE DENIES
EVER HAPPENED.
THE DEFENSE TODAY
ACCUSING DANIELS OF
LYING.
TRUMP ATTORNEY SUSAN
NECKLACE HAMMERING
DANIELS’ YEARS OF
ACTING AND DIRECTING
IN THE PORN INDUSTRY
SAYING IT GAVE HER,
QUOTE, A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE IN MAKING
PHONY STORIES ABOUT
SEX APPEAR REAL.
DANIELS FIGHTING BACK,
THAT IF THE TRUMP
STORY WAS UNTRUE, I
WOULD HAVE RIDDEN IT A
LOT BETTER.
THEIR EXCHANGES
GROWING HEATED.
"YOU’VE ACTED AND HAD
SEX IN OVER 200 PORN
MOVIES.
BUT ACCORDING TO YOU
SEEING A MAN SITTING
IN BED IN A T-SHIRT
AND BOXER SHORTS WAS
SO UPSETTING THAT YOU
ALMOST FAINTED?"
DANIELS DEFIANT,
NOTING MR. TRUMP WAS
TWICE HER AGE AND
BIGGER.
NECKLACE SAYING YOU
MADE THIS UP , RIGHT?
DANIELS FORCEFULLY
RESPONDING NO.
NECKLACE PRESSING,
YOUR STORY HAS
COMPLETELY CHANGED,
HASN’T IT?
DANIELS AGAIN
ANSWERING NO, SAYING
THIS SIGNED STATEMENT
WHERE SHE DENIED AN
AFFAIR WITH MR. TRUMP
WAS DONE WHILE SHE WAS
TRYING TO COMPLY WITH
THE TERMS OF A
NONDISCLOSURE
AGREEMENT IN WHICH SHE
WAS PAID TO KEEP
SILENT.
TODAY THE DEFENSE
ARGUED DANIELS HAS A
FINANCIAL STAKE IN
TRYING TO TAKE MR.
TRUMP DOWN, AFTER
MAKING MORE THAN A
MILLION OFF HER STORY
IN BOOKS, A STRIP CLUB
TOUR, AND VARIOUS
OTHER MERCHANDISE ON
HER WEBSITE, LIKE A
$40 STORMY ST. OF
INDICTMENTS CANDLE.
NECKLACE ACCUSING HER
OF TRYING TO MAKE
MONEY TO SELL A STORY
THAT YOU PROMISED
WILL PUT PRESIDENT
TRUMP IN JAIL, RIGHT?
DANIELS RESPONDING NO.
MUCH OF THE TESTIMONY
FAR REMOVED FROM WHAT
THE PRESUMPTIVE GOP
NOMINEE HAS BEEN
CHARGED WITH FOR
ALLEGEDLY FALSIFYING
HIS BUSINESS RECORDS
TO HIDE A $130,000
PAYMENT TO DANIELS
AHEAD OF THE 2016
ELECTION.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE
PAYMENT WAS MEANT TO
KEEP HER QUIET SO SHE
COULDN’T DERAIL HIS
CAMPAIGN.
THE DEFENSE SAYS THERE
WAS NO CRIME.
IT WAS ALL A
SHAKEDOWN.
DANIELS TESTIFYING
TODAY, QUOTE, I WAS
ASKING TO SELL MY
STORY TO PUBLICATIONS
TO GET THE TRUTH OUT.
NECKLACE SAYING SHE
COULD HAVE JUST DONE
THAT WITH A PRESS
CONFERENCE FOR FREE.
DANIELS RESPONDING I
COULD HAVE.
NECKLACE ASSERTING YOU
CHOSE TO MAKE MONEY,
RIGHT?
DANIELS SAYING I CHOSE
TO TAKE THE
NONDISCLOSURE
AGREEMENT.
THE JURY TODAY AGAIN
HEARING A PHONE CALL
BETWEEN MICHAEL COHEN
AND DANIELS’ LAWYER
WHO NEGOTIATED THE
NDA.
THAT LAWYER SAYING SHE
WANTED THIS MONEY MORE
THAN YOU CAN EVER
IMAGINE.
ON REDIRECT BY THE
STATE, DANIELS TOLD
THE JURY MONEY DIDN’T
DRIVE HER MOTIVATION
FOR SIGNING THAT NDA,
QUOTE, WE’RE ALL HAPPY
TO TAKE MONEY.
IT WAS JUST A BONUS.
LATER FORMER TRUMP AID
MADELEINE WESTERHOUT
TESTIFYING ABOUT MR.
TRUMP’S REACTION WHEN
THE STORY ABOUT THE
HUSH MONEY DEAL FIRST
BROKE, SAYING "I
REMEMBER HE WAS VERY
UPSET."
LATE TODAY THE JUDGE
DENYING THE DEFENSE’S
RENEWED REQUEST FOR A
MISTRIAL.
MR. TRUMP’S ATTORNEYS
HAD ARGUED DANIELS’
SALACIOUS TESTIMONY
WAS PREJUDICIAL AND
IRRELEVANT
IRRELEVANT.
THE JUDGE ALSO
REFUSING TO CHANGE A
GAG ORDER WHICH BAR
MRS. TRUMP FROM
TESTIFYING ON DANIELS’
TESTIMONY.
>> EVERYBODY SAW WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY.
I DON’T THINK WE HAVE
TO DO ANY EXPLAINING.
I GOT TO GET BACK ON
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
HERE.
WE’RE SO INNOCENT
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
>> AND LAURA, YOU’VE
BEEN SITTING IN THE
COURTROOM.
FOR PROSECUTORS, COULD
THIS BE CONSIDERED A
GAMBLE TO PUT STORMY
DANIELS ON THE STAND?
>> IT WAS ALWAYS A
RISKY MOVE, LESTER,
AND THE JUDGE
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SOME
OF HER TESTIMONY MIGHT
HAVE BEEN PROBLEMATIC,
BUT NOT SO PROBLEMATIC
THAT HE THINKS THE
ENTIRE CASE SHOULD GO
AWAY.
IT’S REALLY HARD TO
KNOW WATCHING THE JURY
WHAT THEY MAKE OF ALL
THIS.
BUT ONE WOMAN WE KNOW
WILL NOT BE TESTIFYING
AT THIS TRIAL IS KAREN
McDOUGAL.