Honig said the cross-examination was “disastrous” for the prosecution:
CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig said the cross-examination of Stormy Daniels went "quite poorly" for the prosecution in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial.
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He brings up good points.
"But the cross-exam, boy. Her responses were
disastrous. I mean, “Do you hate Donald Trump?” “Yes.” Of course, she does. That’s a big deal. When the witness hates the person whose liberty is at stake, that’s a big damn deal! And she’s putting out tweets, fantasizing about him being in jail. That really undermines the credibility.
The fact that she owes him $500,000 by order of a court,
owes Donald Trump a half million dollars, and said, “I will never pay him. I will defy a court order,” the defense is gonna say, “She’s willing to defy a court order. She’s not willing to respect an order from a judge. Why is she gonna respect this oath she took? So, I thought it went quite poorly on cross-exam."