In court Thursday, jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have viewed a confidential agreement requiring a porn actor to keep quiet about her claims of an extramarital sexual encounter with the former president.
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker and Jake Offenhartz, Associated PressFormer President Donald Trump talks to the media outside Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 2 2024.
The deal was displayed during testimony from attorney Keith Davidson, a lawyer who represented Daniels and a Playboy model who have said they had sexual encounters with the former president. Davidson’s testimony is seen as a vital building block for the prosecution’s case that Trump and his allies schemed to bury unflattering stories in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
“His statements are corrosive to this proceeding and the fair administration of justice,” Conroy added. Yet the mere prospect of further punishment underscored the challenges Trump the presidential candidate faces in adjusting to the role of criminal defendant subject to rigid courtroom protocol that he does not control. It also remains to be seen whether any rebuke from the court will lead Trump to adjust his behavior given the campaign trail benefit he believes he derives from painting the case as politically motivated.
The trial, now in its second week of testimony, has exposed the underbelly of tabloid journalism practices and the protections, for a price, afforded to Trump during his successful run for president in 2016. The goal was to prevent the stories from getting out, a concern that was especially pointed in the aftermath of the disclosure of a 2005 “Access Hollywood” recording in which he was heard describing grabbing women without their permission.
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