Why Stormy Daniels's testimony could fuel an appeal, and whether it matters – The Washington Post
Some legal experts are surprised that the trial judge allowed the adult-film actress to testify about an alleged unwanted sexual event in a case centered on allegations of falsifying business records.
NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels’s testimony last week about an alleged unwanted sexual event in Donald Trump’s criminal trial brought to mind the stories of other women who, on the witness stand in that same courthouse, have said they were raped or sexually assaulted.
It was a striking development in a case about documents that Trump allegedly misclassified in an effort to hide evidence of a hush money payment.