Trump trial live: Stormy Daniels testifies she felt ‘ashamed’ after sexual encounter with Trump

Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial continues today at Manhattan Criminal Court with adult film actor Stormy Daniels currently testifying.

The key witness took the stand and regaled jurors with how she met the former president, the lead-up to their now-infamous sexual encounter in July 2006 and what happened in the years after, leading up to the 2016 presidential election.

On Monday, the jury heard from Jeffrey McConney and Deborah Tarasoff, about the paper trail within the Trump Organization leading to Michael Cohen’s $130,000 payment to Daniels to ensure her silence about the sexual encounter, which his inner circle feared could sink his campaign.

Earlier that day, Judge Juan Merchan found the former president in contempt of court for a tenth time, fining him another $1,000 and warning that the next violation of his gag order would result in jail time.

As the day drew to a close, the prosecution told Judge Merchan that they expect to be able to wrap up their case in about two weeks, with Cohen among the witnesses yet to be called.

The Independent’s Alex Woodward is covering the trial at Manhattan Criminal Court.

John Bowden reports:

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida just handed the former president’s team more time.

Judge Aileen Cannon just removed a deadline for his team to submit a key filing, which was originally set for this coming Thursday. That key filing was a list ofclassified materials they plan to present as evidence at trial.

This is a win for Trump in the political sense, as it makes it unlikely that he will go on trial for mishandling classified materials before the November presidential election.

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