BREAKING: Trump's Legal Team Demands A Mistrial After Stormy Daniels Testimony Goes 'Too Far'

On Tuesday, adult film actress Stormy Daniels took the witness stand as the key witness in the hush money case brought against presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D). During her testimony, Daniels repeatedly veered off-topic multiple times and embarrassed the former president with unnecessary details in the case, behavior that bothered Judge Juan Merchan. In response to the possibility of prejudicial behavior, Trump's lawyers requested a mistrial.

Trump's attorney, Todd Blanche, argued that Daniels' testimony was overly prejudicial and that the persecution was asking questions to "inflame the jury" against his client. He added that there was no way to "unring this bell," according to The New York Times. Blanche specifically cited testimony from the witness that alleged that Trump didn't wear a condom during a sexual encounter in 2006.

Following Blanche's argument, the prosecution then claimed that they "were extremely mindful of not eliciting too much testimony about the actual act" in reference to the sexual encounter. While the judge did agree that there were many details that were given during the testimony that were "better left unsaid," he criticized both the defense and the prosecution for their actions or lack thereof.

Judge Merchan stated that the witness was "a little bit difficult to control" as she constantly veered off from the questions asked. Despite this, the judge stated that there were sufficient guardrails in place and that the defense should have objected more often. "The defense has to take some responsibility for that," he told Blanche and fellow Trump attorney Susan Necheles.

The Manhattan judge concluded that a mistrial was not in order, given Daniels' testimony. "I dont think we're at the point where a mistrial is warranted," he said. During the mistrial motion by the defense, Trump took to Truth Social to demand action from Merchan, writing, "THE PROSECUTION, WHICH HAS NO CASE, HAS GONE TOO FAR. MISTRIAL!"

Trump is currently facing 34 counts of falsifying business records after his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid $130,000 to Stormy Daniels following an alleged 2006 affair. Trump then reimbursed Cohen for the payment, and it was allegedly marked down in business records as a legal expense. However, Alvin Bragg argues that the hush money payment was used to protect Trump's 2016 campaign and thus violates campaign finance law.

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