Judge Merchan Admits Stormy Daniels Is ‘Difficult to Control’ During Trump’s Hush Money Trial

The judge in former President 👤Donald Trump’s hush money trial rejected a mistrial Tuesday after porn star 👤Stormy Daniels offered an explicit version of a sexual encounter with Trump that he has said never happened.

Trump attorney Todd Blanche said Daniels’ claim that there was an “imbalance of power” at the time of the alleged encounter could unfairly “inflame the jury,” according to the New York Post.

“It’s extremely prejudicial to insert safety concerns in a trial about business records,” he said.

“The issue is she has testified today about consent, about danger — that’s not the point of this case. That’s not the point of her testimony,” he said. “How can you unring that bell?”

Judge Juan Merchan rejected a bid for a mistrial but commented “that there are some things that would have been better left unsaid.”

He then threw a prop to the prosecution, noting, “I believe that the witness was very difficult to control.”

And he also blamed the defense