Judge Juan Merchan recently fired at former President Donald Trump‘s defense lawyers in front of him and denied their motion for a mistrial in the hush money case Thursday afternoon via Daily Mail.
It has been noted that it was the second motion for a mistrial from the defense this week after scandalous testimony from porn star Stormy Daniels about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump.
In his call for a mistrial, lawyer Todd Blanche called Stormy Daniels’ testimony ‘extraordinarily prejudicial’ and noted that even the judge had agreed some of the testimony was ‘unnecessary.’
‘It almost defies belief that we’re here about a records case and the government is asking about an incident that happened in 2006,’ Blanche argued referring to Daniels’ testimony on Tuesday about rolling up a magazine and spanking Trump with it nearly 20 years ago.
Blanche has further stated that prosecutors asking Daniels about the adult film company where she worked requiring condoms for all of its performers, and Daniels testifying that Trump did not wear a condom during their encounter was ‘a dog whistle for r*pe.’
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass denied the argument that Daniels had changed her story, claiming it was well documented. He went on to argue that the defense had a chance to probe for inconsistencies with their cross-examination by lawyer Susan Necheles. Steinglass maintained that details of Daniels’ testimony were essential for the jury to analyze her credibility.
