斯托米·丹尼尔斯周四结束了近七个小时的戏剧性的证词围绕她涉嫌2006年与唐纳德·特朗普的性遭遇，在唐纳德·特朗普辩护律师的强烈质疑下，在蔑视和脆弱之间摇摆。
在一次令人不安的交叉询问中，丹尼尔斯否认了关于她编造虚假故事来中饱私囊的指控，她告诉陪审员，她与特朗普的互动以及随后的恶名对她的生活产生了“负面”影响。特朗普坚决否认发生过任何接触。
特朗普因涉嫌伪造商业记录以隐瞒一笔封口费付款他当时的律师迈克尔·科恩为了提高他在2016年总统选举中的选举前景而对丹尼尔斯做出的决定。前总统否认了所有不当行为。
周四下午晚些时候，在法官胡安·梅尔科姆解散了当天的陪审团后，特朗普的律师提出了另一项无效审判的动议，并要求法官修改限制前总统在公共场合谈论丹尼尔斯的禁言令。
法官Merchan驳回了这两项动议。
检察官周四还表示，凯伦·麦克道戈不会作证——这意味着前特朗普律师迈克尔·科恩是唯一剩下的关键证人。她从《国家询问者》获得报酬，以压制她与特朗普长达一年的婚外情。
周五上午，前白宫助理马德琳·韦斯特胡特的证词于周四开始，证词将继续进行交叉质证。
以下是试验第14天的六大收获。
斯托米·丹尼尔斯与川普辩护律师争吵
周四上午，斯托米·丹尼尔斯与唐纳德·特朗普的律师苏珊·内切莱斯(Susan Necheles)进行了几个小时的唇枪舌战，丹尼尔斯为近20年前与特朗普的那一晚的真实性进行了辩护。
内切莱斯指责这位成人电影明星编造了她的故事，并利用她与特朗普的公开争议来充实自己-获得了一笔利润丰厚的图书交易并销售# TeamStormy商品。
“你故事的细节一直在变，对吗?”内切尔斯问道。
“不，”丹尼尔斯回应道。
丹尼尔斯试图与她2018-2019年的脱衣舞俱乐部之旅的名称保持距离，南卡罗来纳州的一家俱乐部经理称之为“让美国好色”之旅。
丹尼尔斯说:“我没有说出那次巡演的名字，我全力以赴地与之抗争。“我无法控制俱乐部如何做广告...我从来没用过这句口号。我讨厌它。”
当检察官苏珊·霍夫芬格有机会再次询问丹尼尔斯时，她以这个问题作为结论:“总的来说，你公开讲述你与特朗普的经历是积极的还是消极的?”
“没有，”丹尼尔斯说。
内切尔斯试图利用丹尼尔斯的色情事业来对付她
内切莱斯一再援引丹尼尔斯在色情行业的经历来质疑她的故事内容，这一度表明丹尼尔斯在编造性故事方面很有经验。
“你有很多让虚假的性故事变得真实的经验吗?“内切尔斯问道。
“电影中的性爱非常真实，就像我在那个房间里发生的一样，”丹尼尔斯回应道。她补充说，如果她要虚构她与特朗普的相遇，“我会写得更好。”
内切莱斯还指出，丹尼尔斯已经在多达200部成人电影中表演过，还有“裸体男女做爱”。
“但是...看到一个穿着t恤和平角短裤的男人坐在床上，你感到非常不安，你感到头晕目眩，血液离开了你的手和脚，你觉得你要晕倒了?”她向丹尼尔斯挑战。
丹尼尔斯反驳道，她的反应是有道理的，因为她说，在这种情况下，你“不会期望在床上看到一个年龄是你两倍的男人”。
法官再次驳回特朗普的无效审判动议
法官Merchan周四驳回了辩方要求无效审判的第二项动议，认为州政府本着建立丹尼尔斯可信度的精神适当地询问了她。
特朗普的律师托德·布兰奇对检察官从丹尼尔斯那里获得的图形证词提出异议，包括一系列关于特朗普是否据称没有戴避孕套的询问-布兰奇称之为“强奸的狗哨子”。
“这不是一个关于性的案件，”布兰奇说。“这是极具偏见的证词。“
检察官约书亚·斯坦格拉斯认为，辩护律师不能在开庭陈述中攻击丹尼尔斯的可信度，然后在州政府彻底询问丹尼尔斯以提高她在陪审团中的可信度后提出无效审判的动议。
“他们正试图鱼和熊掌兼得，”斯坦格拉斯说。
法官Merchan最终发现丹尼尔斯的证词是必要的，因为特朗普的律师继续否认婚外情的发生。
“如果陪审团选择相信这些细节，这些细节会增加可信度，”Merchan说。“你要求无效审判的动议被驳回。“
布兰奇还要求法官修改禁止特朗普公开回应丹尼尔斯的有限禁言令，认为特朗普应该获得“回应美国人民的机会”。
Merchan也否认了这一动议，他说:“我关心的不仅仅是保护丹尼尔斯女士或刚刚作证的证人。我关心的是从整体上保护这些诉讼。”
前白宫助手在证人席上情绪激动
前白宫椭圆形办公室主任马德琳·韦斯特胡特(Madeleine Westerhout)在法庭上变得情绪激动，这使她成为继霍普·希克斯上周在审判中泪流满面后第二位泪流满面的前白宫助理。
“我对自己年轻时的轻率行为感到非常后悔，”她说，并解释说她是在一次非正式的晚宴上与记者分享信息后离开白宫的。
韦斯特胡特强忍泪水说她“从那以后成长了很多。”
在加入特朗普政府之前，韦斯特胡特曾在共和党全国委员会工作，她回忆起《《走进好莱坞》》录音带的发布让共和党领导人感到“不安”——她说，“有人讨论过如果真到了那一步，有可能取代(特朗普)成为候选人。”
韦斯特胡特的交叉询问周五上午继续进行。
两名证人轮流短暂出庭作证
在斯托米·丹尼尔斯结束作证并走下证人席后，检方迅速传唤了另外两名证人。
特朗普组织的簿记员丽贝卡·马诺奇奥作证说，她在为迈克尔·科恩和其他人邮寄支票给华盛顿特区的唐纳德·特朗普签字时发挥了作用。她作证说，她最初把它们送到了特朗普保镖基思·席勒的家中，但后来又把它们送到了特朗普的白宫助手约翰·麦肯蒂(John McEntee)手中。
接下来是哈珀柯林斯出版公司的高管特雷西·门泽斯，她朗读了川普2007年出版的书《胸怀大志:在商业和生活中实现梦想》的摘录，其中包括“我的座右铭是‘永远要公平’。”当有人欺骗你时，要毫不犹豫地回击他们，”和“我把忠诚看得比什么都重要。"
Merchan说，审判正在按时进行
法官Merchan告诉陪审员，审判将在六周内结束。
检方此前表示，他们最早可能在下周结束诉讼，但表示最有可能在下周初结束诉讼。辩方随后将陈述案情，随后是州政府的反驳。
审判的时间表可能取决于律师打算在迈克尔·科恩出庭作证时询问他多长时间。
6 big takeaways from Day 14 of Trump's hush money trial
Stormy Daniels on Thursday concluded nearly seven hours ofdramatic testimonycentered around her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Donald Trump, oscillating between defiance and vulnerability under intense questioning from Donald Trump's defense counsel.
In a fraught cross-examination, Daniels denied allegations that she ginned up a false narrative to enrich herself, telling jurors that her interaction with Trump and subsequent notoriety had a "negative" impact on her life. Trump has steadfastly denied that any encounter took place.
Trump is on trial for allegedly falsifying business records to hide the reimbursement of ahush money paymenthis then-attorney Michael Cohen made to Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election. The former president has denied all wrongdoing.
Late Thursday afternoon, after Judge Juan Merchan dismissed the jury for the day, attorneys for Trump moved for another mistrial and asked the judge to modify a gag order limiting what the former president can say about Daniels in public.
Judge Merchan denied both motions.
Prosecutors also said Thursday that Karen McDougal, who was paid by the National Enquirer to suppress her claim of a year-long affair with Trump, would not testify -- meaning former Trump attorney Michael Cohen is the only key witness remaining.
Testimony resumes Friday morning with the cross-examination of former White House aide Madeleine Westerhout, whose testimony began Thursday.
Here are six big takeaways from Day 14 of the trial.
Stormy Daniels spars with Trump defense attorney
For several hours Thursday morning, Stormy Daniels exchanged jabs with Susan Necheles, an attorney for Donald Trump, as Daniels defended the veracity of her alleged night with Trump nearly two decades ago.
Necheles accused the adult film star of fabricating elements of her story and leveraging her public dispute with Trump to enrich herself -- scoring a lucrative book deal and selling #TeamStormy merchandise.
"The details of your story keep changing, right?" Necheles asked.
"No," Daniels responded.
Daniels sought to distance herself from the name of her 2018-2019 strip club tour, which a club manager in South Carolina dubbed the "Make America Horny" tour.
"I did not name that tour and I fought it tooth and nail," Daniels said. "I have no control over how a club advertises ... I never used that tagline. I hated it."
When prosecutor Susan Hoffinger had an opportunity to question Daniels again, she concluded with this question: "On balance, has your publicly telling the truth about your experiences with Mr. Trump been net positive, or net negative?"
"Negative," Daniels said.
Necheles tries to use Daniels' porn career against her
Necheles repeatedly invoked Daniels' experience in the porn industry to question elements of her story, suggesting at one point that Daniels was well-practiced in making up stories about sex.
"You have a lot of experience of making phony stories about sex appear to be real?" Necheles asked.
"The sex in the films is very real, just like what happened to me in that room," Daniels responded. She added that if she were to fictionalize her encounter with Trump, "I would have written it to be a lot better."
Necheles also noted that Daniels had performed in as many as 200 adult films, alongside "naked men and women having sex."
"But ... seeing a man sitting on a bed in a T-shirt and boxer shorts was so upsetting that you got lightheaded, the blood left your hands and feet, and you felt like you were going to faint?" she challenged Daniels.
Daniels pushed back, justifying her reaction because, she said, in that situation you are "not expecting to see a man twice your age" in bed.
Judge again denies Trump's motion for mistrial
Judge Merchan on Thursday denied the defense's second motion for a mistrial, finding that the state appropriately questioned Daniels in the spirit of establishing her credibility.
Trump attorney Todd Blanche took issue with the graphic testimony prosecutors elicited from Daniels, including a line of inquiry about whether Trump allegedly did not wear a condom -- which Blanche called "a dog whistle for rape."
"This is not a case about sex," Blanche said. "This is extremely prejudicial testimony."
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass argued that defense lawyers could not attack Daniels' credibility in their opening statement, then move for a mistrial after the state thoroughly questioned Daniels in order to develop her credibility with the jury.
"They're trying to have their cake and eat it too," Steinglass said.
Judge Merchan ultimately found that Daniels' testimony was necessary because Trump's lawyers continue to deny the affair occurred.
"These details add a sense of credibility if the jury chooses to believe them," Merchan said. "Your motion for a mistrial is denied."
Blanche also asked the judge to modify the limited gag order barring Trump from responding to Daniels in public, arguing that Trump should be granted "an opportunity to respond to the American people."
Merchan also denied that motion, saying, "My concern is not just with protecting Ms. Daniels or a witness who just testified. My concern is protecting these proceedings as a whole."
Former White House aide grows emotional on the stand
Madeleine Westerhout, a former director of Oval Office Operations at the White House, grew emotional on the stand, making her the second former White House aide to break down in tears during the trial after Hope Hicks did the same last week.
"I am very regretful of my youthful indiscretion," she said, explaining that she left the White House after sharing information with reporters at an off-the-record dinner.
Fighting tears, Westerhout said she had "grown a lot since then."
Before joining the Trump administration, Westerhout worked at the Republican National Committee, where she recalled the release of the "Access Hollywood" tape "rattling" Republican leaders -- saying that "there were conversations how it would be possible to replace [Trump] as the candidate if it came to that."
Westerhout's cross-examination continues Friday morning.
2 witnesses take brief turns on the stand
After Stormy Daniels concluded her testimony and stepped off the stand, prosecutors called two additional witnesses in quick succession.
Rebecca Manochio, a bookkeeper at the Trump Organization, testified about her role in mailing checks for Michael Cohen and others to Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., for his signature. She testified that she initially sent them to the home of Trump's bodyguard, Keith Schiller, but later sent them to John McEntee, a White House aide to Trump.
Next up was HarperCollins publishing executive Tracy Menzies, who read excerpts from Trump's 2007 book, "Think Big: Make it Happen in Business and Life," including, "My motto is, 'Always get even.' When somebody screws you, screw them back in spades," and "I value loyalty above everything else."
Trial is on running on time, Merchan says
Judge Merchan told jurors that the trial was on pace to finish in six weeks.
Prosecutors previously suggested they could rest their case as soon as late next week, but said that it will most likely conclude early the following week. The defense will then put on its case, followed by the state's rebuttal.
The timeline of the trial could depend on how long attorneys seek to question Michael Cohen, the star witness in the case, when he takes the stand.
