Adult film actress Stormy Daniels is expected to take the stand Tuesday in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial.
According to the Associated Press, Clark Brewster, Daniel’s attorney said she would “likely” be called as a witness Tuesday.
Trump complained on Truth Social — in a post that was since deleted — that he learned “recently” of who the witness will be and should have been notified sooner.
Daniels was allegedly paid $130,000 in exchange for her silence regarding a sexual encounter she had with Trump at a celebrity golf outing in Lake Tahoe in July 2006. Trump denies having sex with Daniels.
In the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen paid Daniels and was reimbursed the money.
“Daniels’ testimony, even if sanitized for a courtroom setting and stripped of tell-all details, is by far the most-awaited spectacle in a trial that has toggled between tabloidesque elements and dry record-keeping details,” per the AP. “Her turn on the witness stand will represent a remarkable moment legally and politically. Courtroom testimony from an adult film performer about an intimate encounter she says she had with a former American president adds to the long line of historic firsts in this case.”
