Judge denies Trump’s mistrial motion for a second time

Published May 9, 2024 5:15pm ET



Judge Juan Merchan denied former President Donald Trump‘s second motion for a mistrial in his New York criminal hush money case over porn star Stormy Daniels‘s graphic and salacious testimony this week.

“I disagree with your narrative that there’s any new account,” Merchan told the defense shortly before the court adjourned for the day. Defense attorneys had argued that Daniels told a different story on the witness stand than she in 2016.

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