Stormy Daniels, a pornographic film actress, is expected to testify at the New York criminal hush money trial against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, according to her attorney.
Trump has been charged with falsifying business records in 2016 to cover up hush money payments to Daniels, who contends she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts and denies the affair with Daniels ever occurred.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, will “likely” take the stand at some point on Tuesday, her attorney Clark Brewster told the Associated Press. Her testimony follows former Trump Organization officials who testified Monday about how ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was reimbursed for the $130,000 payment to Daniels.
Trump lawyer Susan Necheles said the defense team objects to Daniels testifying about intimate details involving her alleged sexual encounter with Trump. Last week, a former attorney for Daniels testified that the nature of the encounter wasn’t necessarily “romantic” and divulged that he received a $10,000 cut of the payment made to Daniels.
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger said there would be “no descriptions of genitalia or anything. … But it’s important to us to illicit that she had sex with him and how she felt about it.”
Daniels is expected to be the second witness on Tuesday following testimony from Sally Franklin, who works as a senior vice president at the publishing company Penguin Random House. She is slated to allow prosecutors to enter into evidence copies of some of Trump’s past books.
Trump is also facing a gag order in the case that prevents him from discussing witnesses or members of the jury. He has been fined $10,000 for 10 separate violations of the order and was warned by presiding Judge Juan Merchan on Monday that jail time could be his punishment if he violates the order again.
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump complained about a witness on social media without stating who it was before deleting the post, a sign that the former president is trying to be careful with his words as the trial progresses, according to NBC News.
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Prosecutors are expected to finish presenting witness testimony by the week of May 22, and they still have yet to bring up their star witness, Cohen.
The Washington Examiner contacted Brewster for comment.
