The judge presiding over the New York hush money trial against Donald Trump on Tuesday scolded prosecutors after porn star Stormy Daniels recounted graphic details about her alleged sexual encounter with the former president 18 years ago.
After a brief morning break, Judge Juan Merchan addressed the attorneys before bringing back the 12-member jury. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, testified from the witness stand about graphic details surrounding her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 just after Merchan warned that such details would be “unnecessary” for the jury to hear as they weigh charges of records falsification.
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“I think the degree of detail we’ve been going into here is just unnecessary,” Merchan told prosecutors, minutes before Daniels described how the alleged sexual encounter with Trump began. Trump lawyer Susan Necheles previously said …