Stormy Stands Her Ground

Trump Criminal Trial Day 14

My takeaway from the trial yesterday in Manhattan was simply that Stormy Daniels successfully stood her ground as she was under assault from the defense. There was a lot of slut shaming and innuendo about adult film star Daniels’ character and choice of profession. The defense attorney cross examined her and implied she is sleazy, conniving, money grubbing, a sexual preditor. Legal analysts are saying that it feels like Trump is very much directing his lawyers as to how to aggressively attack. The NY Times reporter Maggie Haberman astutely…