Stormy Daniels denies cashing in on claimed tryst with Trump

Stormy Daniels finished her marathon testimony at Donald Trump's hush 
money trial on Thursday with attorneys for the former president seeking to 
paint her as a greedy liar who profited from her allegations.

The X-rated film actress, who claims to have had sex with the married 
Trump in 2006, denied that she threatened the tycoon if he did not buy her 
silence.

"I wanted the truth to come out... to get my story protected with a paper 
trail so that my family didn't get hurt," the 45-year-old Daniels said 
during aggressive cross-examination by Trump's attorney Susan Necheles.

Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his 
lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 payment to Daniels on the eve of the 
2016 presidential election, when the story could have proved politically 
fatal.

The face-off between Daniels and Team Trump took place six months before 
the November election, when the Republican hopeful will try to defeat 
Democratic President Joe Biden.

- 'I hated it' -

During nearly eight hours of testimony over two days, Daniels walked the 
New York jury through the one-night stand she said she had with Trump at a 
celebrity golf tournament, and then the financial settlement she says 
ensued.

On Thursday, Trump's lawyers suggested Daniels was out for the money.

They accused her of appearing at strip club events promoted with a picture 
of Trump and the tagline "Making America Horny Again."

"I never used that tagline -- I hated it," said Daniels who wore a green 
dress and a long, hooded black cardigan, her hair loose and her cadence 
confident.

In her testimony Tuesday, she described Trump's pajamas, his boxer shorts, 
the sexual position and that he did not wear a condom.

And while she was "not threatened verbally or physically" she said she 
"felt ashamed I didn't stop it, didn't say no."

These were details the defense argued were irrelevant to the case -- but 
which they doubled down on and repeated frequently during cross-
examination.

Trump has denied having sex with Daniels and his lawyers on Tuesday asked 
the judge for a mistrial on the grounds her testimony was "extremely 
prejudicial" in what is essentially a financial records and election-
related case.

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