Judge Juan Merchan denied former President Donald Trump‘s second motion for a mistrial in his New York criminal hush money case over porn star Stormy Daniels‘s graphic and salacious testimony this week.
“I disagree with your narrative that there’s any new account,” Merchan told the defense shortly before the court adjourned for the day. Defense attorneys had argued that Daniels told a different story on the witness stand than she in 2016.
Merchan also repeated what he has maintained since his first mistrial denial on Tuesday: that defense attorneys could have objected to the questions prosecutors asked Daniels.
Judge Juan M. Merchan poses in his chambers in New York on March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
“For the life of me, I don’t know why Ms. Necheles didn’t object,” the judge said.
Merchan cited specific problems with the defense’s arguments, saying
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