The Star Witnesses in the Trump Trial

TW for some discussion of issues related to power-imbalance and consent.

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Trump’s trial for 34 counts of falsifying business records related to his hush money payments to cover up him having sex with Stormy Daniels is coming to a close. The prosecution alleges that payments were made (and falsified on business records) to keep the relationship private so it would not damage Trump’s electoral chances in 2016. So, what did we learn from the star witnesses in the case, and what happens now?

Stormy Daniels

Stormy Daniels’s testimony was explosive to say the least. Daniels testified that Trump greeted her in silk pajamas and that he did not wear a condom when they had sex. She also testified regarding the time that she spanked Trump with a copy of Forbes magazine when she thought that he was being rude and said someone should spank him. Daniels testified that he was much more polite afterwards. (I am dearly sorry to my readers for this mental image).

She also disclosed the fact that Trump owns gold tweezers.

For some reason, Eric Trump was present during this testimony.