Speaking during the Friday, May 10, broadcast of his “Real Time” show on HBO, liberal comedian and television host Bill Maher slammed adult film star Stormy Daniels as being a “bad witness,” offering clips of his interview with her from 2018 as evidence of why that is. His comments came as the “hush money” case against Trump in New York grinds on.
As background, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg alleges that Trump incorrectly recorded a “hush money” payment to Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged affair they had as a “legal expense” when it should have been recorded, for tax purposes, as a campaign contribution. Daniels, one of his witnesses, alleges that the affair did take place.
One of the clips Maher played showed Daniels saying the sexual contact was entirely consensual. In her words, “It’s not a ‘Me Too’ case. I wasn’t assaulted. I wasn’t attacked, or raped, or coerced, or blackmailed. … They tried to shove me in the MeToo box to further their own agenda. And first of all, I didn’t want to be part of that because it’s not the truth and I’m not a victim in that regard.”
Maher, after playing that clip, noted that now she’s taking a different tack and using “MeToo buzzwords” when testifying about Trump. As he put it, “She’s talking about ‘he was bigger and blocking the way.’ It’s all the MeToo buzzwords. She said, ‘There was an imbalance of power for sure.’ ‘My hands were shaking so hard.’”
Continuing, Maher poked holes in her testimony and argued that it appears that Daniels is not a great witness for the prosecution. As he put it, “She said she blacked out. Blacked out? She’s a porn star! … Do you really think she blacked out? A porn star is used to having sex with people she doesn’t [like] … I just think she’s not a good witness.”
Posting about the clip on X, “The Vigilant Fox” wrote, “Bill Maher Drops Unexpected Bomb on Democrats’ Fading Hope to Jail Trump “The Democrats have had four years to put Trump on trial and it is all just going away. They blew it at every turn.” 1.) Fani Willis is having an affair with the guy she hired. “And now that one’s going to be delayed.” 2.) “The stolen documents one; that’s never going to happen.” 3.) “She [Stormy Daniels] is a bad witness.” • In 2018, Daniels described her encounter with Trump as consensual. Now, she’s using “Me Too” buzzwords to suggest the opposite.”
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Maher isn’t the only one to note that Daniels didn’t do a great job in her testimony. Elie Honig, a legal analyst on CNN, for example, noted, “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.”
Honig added, “The defense is going to say she’s willing to defy a court order. Why — she’s not willing to respect an order of a judge, why is she going to respect this oath she took? I thought it went quite poorly on cross-exam. At the end of direct, I thought, OK, they got what they needed. But I think the cross is making real inroads.”
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