斯托米·丹尼尔斯消息人士告诉ABC新闻，检察官的明星证人之一，定于周二出庭作证。
传唤曾出演成人电影的丹尼尔斯作为证人的决定，让陪审团能够听取这位女性的证词前总统唐纳德·特朗普的刑事审判。
检察官认为，特朗普仍在为2016年10月发布的臭名昭著的“《走进好莱坞》”录像带感到震惊，他通过当时的律师迈克尔·科恩策划了最后一分钟的13万美元封口费付款，以换取丹尼尔斯对2006年与特朗普的所谓性接触保持沉默，这位前总统否认发生过性接触。
当特朗普在2017年偿还科恩时，检察官指控特朗普伪造商业记录，向选民隐瞒封口费的付款。
虽然涉嫌的犯罪行为集中在伪造商业记录上，但丹尼尔斯涉嫌与特朗普的相遇以及通过她的前律师基思·戴维森进行的谈判很可能会在她的证词中讨论。
在她2018年的书中，丹尼尔斯写道，2006年7月13日，她在加利福尼亚州太浩湖的一次名人高尔夫活动中第一次见到特朗普。丹尼尔斯声称，特朗普邀请她去他的套房吃饭，在讨论了让她出演《学徒》的可能性后，他们发生了关系。
丹尼尔斯的真名是斯蒂芬妮·克利福德，她说她在接下来的一年里一直与特朗普保持联系，至少在另外四个场合见过他，包括参观特朗普大厦。特朗普的长期行政助理朗达·格拉夫作证说，当特朗普考虑让丹尼尔斯出演《学徒》时，他在特朗普大厦看到了丹尼尔斯。
丹尼尔斯只声称她与特朗普的第一次见面是一次性接触，当特朗普告诉她她不会出演《学徒》时，这段关系就结束了。
“生活还要继续，”丹尼尔斯在她的书《完全披露》中写道。“与一位亿万富翁的糟糕性爱以及他输掉真人秀比赛的失败计划很容易就能过去。”
丹尼尔斯声称她最后一次听到特朗普的消息是在2008年，当时特朗普打电话给她解释为什么另一位色情明星出现在“名人学徒”上。
丹尼尔斯说:“当他不能让我上节目时，节目让另一个色情明星上节目，我会很生气，他吓坏了。”
2011年和2016年，当她与特朗普有染的指控出现时，丹尼尔斯表示，她的前律师戴维森和经纪人吉娜·罗德里格兹处理了大部分谈判，包括2016年10月与科恩就她故事的版权进行的谈判。
“基思递给我一份17页的保密协议，他们打开后备箱，让我在灯光下签字，”丹尼尔斯在她的书中写道，这表明为了自己的安全，她更希望这件事永远不要曝光。
检察官和辩护律师就丹尼尔斯的证词与本案的相关性向陪审员提出了不同的观点。
根据检察官的说法，迈克尔·科恩在2016年大选前几天向丹尼尔斯支付了13万美元，以换取她的沉默。特朗普在2017年报销科恩的费用时伪造了商业录音。
“科恩是在被告的指示下支付这笔款项的，他这样做是为了影响总统选举，”检察官马修·科朗吉洛在开庭陈述中告诉陪审员。
辩护律师否认特朗普曾与丹尼尔斯有过关系，并认为这位成人电影明星在2016年大选前几天敲诈了特朗普。
辩护律师托德·布兰奇告诉陪审员:“迈克尔·科恩向斯托米·丹尼尔斯或斯蒂芬妮·克利福德支付13万美元，以换取她同意不公开传播关于特朗普总统的虚假言论，这并不违法。”“这是阴险的，是试图让特朗普总统难堪，让他的家人难堪。”
在审判前几个月，辩护律师曾试图说服法官胡安·马尔康限制丹尼尔斯的证词，认为这位成人电影明星会因其指控的色情细节而对陪审团产生偏见。Merchan不同意辩护律师的意见，并允许Daniels作证，理由是她与导致伪造商业记录的一系列事件有关。
“从丹尼尔斯那里找到并购买这些信息，不仅完成了对导致商业记录造假的事件的叙述，还证明了被告的意图，”法官Merchan在一份预审裁决中写道。
此后，丹尼尔斯公开表示希望在审判中作证。
“我完全准备好了。我已经准备好了。我真心希望他们给我打电话是因为...我不需要有人为我说话，”丹尼尔斯告诉美国广播公司的《观点》。“我喜欢有一天我能面对他说出我的真相。“
特朗普的律师试图淡化丹尼尔斯的重要性，告诉陪审员她的证词“无关紧要”，因为她无法对伪造商业记录的指控发表意见。
“她的证词虽然淫秽，但无关紧要，”布兰奇在开庭陈述中告诉陪审员。
丹尼尔斯的可信度可能是她证词的中心点，预计辩护律师将对这位成人电影明星进行漫长的交叉询问。丹尼尔斯多次否认她与特朗普的恋情，包括她前律师基思·戴维森(Keith Davidson)起草的一份2018年声明，她后来收回了这份声明。丹尼尔斯还试图在2018年起诉特朗普诽谤，但一名法官驳回了该案，并命令丹尼尔斯支付特朗普的律师费。丹尼尔斯的前律师迈克尔·阿韦纳蒂被判多项联邦罪行，包括从这位成人电影女演员那里偷钱。
丹尼尔斯保持了她作为证人的可信度，并坚持认为她对特朗普的指控是一致的，因为它们是真实的。
“为什么是同一个故事?因为我说的是事实，我没有改变我的故事，”丹尼尔斯告诉《观点报》。"那些细节永远铭刻在我的灵魂里。"
What to know about Stormy Daniels and her connection to Trump's hush money case
Stormy Daniels, one of the prosecutor's star witnesses, is scheduled to take the stand Tuesday, sources told ABC News.
The decision to call Daniels, who acted in adult films, as a witness allows the jury to hear from the woman at the center offormer President Donald Trump's criminal trial.
Prosecutors argue that Trump -- still reeling from the release of the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape in October 2016 -- orchestrated a last-minute $130,000 hush money payment through his then-lawyer Michael Cohen in exchange for Daniels' silence about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, which the former president has denied took place.
When Trump repaid Cohen in 2017, prosecutors allege Trump falsified business records to hide the hush money payment from voters.
While the alleged criminal conduct centers on the falsification of business records, Daniels' alleged encounter with Trump and negotiations through her former lawyer Keith Davidson are likely to be discussed during her testimony.
In her 2018 book, Daniels wrote that she first met Trump at a celebrity golf outing in Lake Tahoe, California, on July 13, 2006. Daniels alleges that Trump invited her for dinner and to his suite, where they had sex after discussing the possibility of casting her on "The Apprentice."
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, said she kept in touch with Trump over the following year, meeting him on at least four additional occasions, including visiting Trump Tower. Trump's longtime executive assistant Rhonda Graff testified about spotting Daniels in Trump Tower when Trump was considering casting her in "The Apprentice."
Daniels only alleges her first meeting with Trump was a sexual encounter and the relationship ended when Trump told her she would not be cast on "The Apprentice."
"Life goes on," Daniels wrote in her book Full Disclosure. "It's easy to move on from bad sex with a billionaire and his fizzled plan to game out his reality show competition."
Daniels alleges she last heard from Trump in 2008 when he called her to explain why another porn star made an appearance on the "Celebrity Apprentice."
"He was freaking out that I would be furious that the show had let another porn star on when he couldn't get me on, " Daniels said.
When allegations of her affair with Trump arose in 2011 and 2016, Daniels said her former lawyer Davidson and agent Gina Rodriguez handled most of the negotiating, including the October 2016 negotiation with Cohen for the rights to her story.
"Keith handed me a seventeen-page nondisclosure agreement and they opened the trunk so I could sign it right there under the light," Daniels wrote in her book, suggesting she preferred the story never come out for her own safety.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys have offered jurors competing views on the relevance of Daniels' testimony in the case.
According to prosecutors, Michael Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 just days ahead of the 2016 election for her silence, and Trump falsified business recordings in 2017 when he reimbursed Cohen.
"Cohen made that payment at the defendant's direction, and he did it to influence the presidential election," prosecutor Matthew Colangelo told jurors in his opening statement.
Defense lawyers have denied that Trump ever had a relationship with Daniels and argued that the adult film star extorted Trump in the days ahead of the 2016 elections.
"Michael Cohen paying Stormy Daniels or Stephanie Clifford $130,000 in exchange for her agreeing to not publicly spread false claims about President Trump is not illegal," defense lawyer Todd Blanche told jurors. "It was sinister, and it was an attempt to try to embarrass President Trump, to embarrass his family."
In the months before the trial, defense lawyers had attempted to convince Judge Juan Merchan to limit Daniels' testimony, arguing the adult film star would prejudice the jury with the salacious details of her allegations. Merchan disagreed with defense lawyers and allowed Daniels to testify, citing her relevance to the chain of events leading to the falsification of business records.
"Locating and purchasing the information from Daniels not only completes the narrative of events that precipitated the falsification of business records but is also probative of the Defendant's intent," Judge Merchan wrote in a pre-trial ruling.
Daniels has since spoken publicly about her desire to testify at the trial.
"I'm absolutely ready. I've been ready. I'm hoping with all of my heart that they call me because ... I don't need someone to speak for me," Daniels told ABC's The View. "I relish the day that I get to face him and speak my truth."
Trump's lawyers have attempted to downplay Daniels' significance, telling jurors that her testimony "does not matter" because she can't speak to the allegations of falsifying business records.
"Her testimony, while salacious, does not matter," Blanche told jurors in his opening statement.
Daniels' credibility is likely to be a central point of her testimony, and defense lawyers are expected to lead a lengthy cross examination of the adult-film star. Daniels issued multiple denials of her affair with Trump, including a 2018 statement drafted by her former lawyer Keith Davidson that she later retracted. Daniels also attempted to sue Trump for defamation in 2018, but a judge tossed the case and ordered Daniels to pay Trump's legal fees. Daniels' former lawyer Michael Avenatti has been convicted of multiple federal crimes, including stealing money from the adult film actress.
Daniels has maintained her credibility as a witness and insists that her allegations about Trump have been consistent because they are true.
"Why is it the same story? Because I'm telling the truth, and I haven't changed my story," Daniels told The View. "Those details are burned into my soul forever."
