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Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks to speak to the press at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court, New York, U.S. May 7, 2024.
A judge Tuesday denied a request by Donald Trump‘s lawyers to declare a mistrial in response to testimony from porn star Stormy Daniels.
“I don’t believe we’re at the point where a mistrial is warranted,” Judge Juan Merchan ruled from the bench in the former president’s New York criminal hush money trial.
The judge did, however, grant a bid by Trump’s attorneys to strike some testimony from the record.
Defense lawyers sought to scrap the historic trial after Daniels testified about the night she says she had sex with the then-married former president.
“The only reason the government asked these questions, aside from pure embarrassment, is to inflame this jury,” attorney Todd Blanche told Merchan.
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