Porn star Stormy Daniels pushed back during a brutal cross-examination by Donald Trump's defense lawyer in criminal court after delivering wild testimony from the stand about having sex with Trump in the ex-president's hush money case.
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Daniels faced a grilling from lawyer Susan Necheles on Tuesday afternoon after prosecutors questioned her for hours about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 and the payment to stay quiet before he was elected president.
In a standout moment, Necheles asked Daniels during cross-examination if she hates Trump.
Yes,' Daniels said passionately. Daniels said she wanted Trump to be 'held accountable.'
Necheles tried to paint the adult film star as a liar who made up stories as well as someone who was looking to get rich by telling the story of sex.
But Daniels didn't take the heated cross-examination laying down. She pushed back that her allegations against Trump were true. At one point, their exchange got testy as Necheles pressed Daniels over not having paid Trump's legal fees despite being ordered to by the courts. The fees owed are in connection to Daniels' failed defamation lawsuit against the former president which was dismissed.
When Necheles questions whether Trump won the case, Daniels counters defiantly 'he prevailed, I was not found to have lost.'
The tension continued to escalate as Necheles asked Danials a series of questions about making money off the claim she had sex with Trump. Daniels responded if the lawyer was talking about her book 'yes.'
Necheles asked if Daniels had been making money off the claim for more than a decade to which Daniels shot back she has not been paid for interviews in the United States.
When asked if she has been making money by claiming to have had sex with Trump, Daniels countered she has been making money 'by telling my story.'