Justice Juan Merchan disputed the defense’s request to have the case heard on Tuesday in Manhattan over the evidence of child film star Stormy Daniels at his business information test.
The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman reported one of Trump’s lawyers, Todd Blanche, argued that Daniels’s “testimony was exceedingly prejudiced, and that the state was asking questions’ to foment this judge.'”
Blanche claimed Daniels ‘ story has changed and that” the jury also heard improbable details” about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump, according to the Hill.
As Fox News reported:
Blanche claimed Daniels ‘ testimony on Tuesday was about” consent and danger” and that it was” not the story she was selling in 2016.” Additionally, Blanche added that Daniels ‘ claim that he is giving consent “makes it difficult to come back from” is untrue. Blanche claimed that the security “objected as ideal as we could, but she was able to say what she said.”
Blanche questioned how the security was” come again from this” in a way that was “fair” to previous President Trump. ” We believe there should be a mistrial”, Blanche said. ” Or that this defendant’s evidence is excluded and exceedingly limited”.
According to Daily Caller Court Reporter Katelynn Richardson, Blanche was quoted as saying in a blog on X that” the scaffolding for this see answering questions from the government were just thrown to the side.”
Based on Daniels ‘ witness, defense attorney Todd Blanche requests a trial.
He claimed that the scaffolding for this witness who was addressing state inquiries were simply thrown to the side. @DailyCaller
— Katelynn Richardson ( @katesrichardson ) May 7, 2024
In response, attorney Susan Hoffinger claimed the position was “extremely conscious of no eliciting very little testimony”, per Richardson.
Merchan said Daniels ‘ evidence had” too many detail”, but denied the movement for a trial, per the Hill. According to reports, he apparently set limitations on how the judge may use her evidence.
Judge Juan Merchan poses for a portrait in his chambers in New York, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Merchan could become the primary judge always to monitor a former U. S. government’s criminal trial. He’s presiding over Donald Trump’s calm cash event in New York. ( AP Photo/Seth Wenig )
Merchan claims that he does no think trial is appropriate.
He acknowledges that there are things that ought to be left “unsaid,” but he acknowledges that the security raised the majority of complaints.
” I was surprised that there were not more complaints”, he said.
— Katelynn Richardson ( @katesrichardson ) May 7, 2024
Per Richardson, he likewise said he was” surprised that there were not more complaints”.
However, according to Haberman, Susan Necheles, a lawyer for Trump’s defense, claims that Merchan and the defence team had already moved to reach a lot of this in advance.
She asserts that they believed the prosecution were engaging in Merchan-permitted interrogation. Merchan disagrees”, added Haberman.
The situation is , New York v. Trump,  , No. 71543- 23, in the New York Supreme Court for New York County.
