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   On 4/18/2024 1:01 AM, Her pussy stinks anyway wrote:   
   > NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving   
   > Stormy Daniels a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar   
   > in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor, who is expected to   
   > be a witness at the former president’s criminal trial, refused   
   > to take it and walked away.   
   >   
   > A process server working for Trump’s lawyers said he approached   
   > Daniels with papers demanding information related to a   
   > documentary recently released about her life and involvement   
   > with Trump, but was forced to “leave them at her feet,”   
   > according to a court filing made public Wednesday.   
   >   
   > “I stated she was served as I identified her and explained to   
   > her what the documents were,” process server Dominic DellaPorte   
   > wrote. “She did not acknowledge me and kept walking inside the   
   > venue, and she had no expression on her face.”   
   >   
   > The encounter, prior to a screening of the “Stormy” film at the   
   > 3 Dollar Bill nightclub, has touched off a monthlong battle   
   > between Trump’s lawyers and Daniels’ attorney that continued   
   > this week as the presumptive Republican nominee’s criminal trial   
   > began in Manhattan.   
   >   
   > Trump’s lawyers are asking Judge Juan M. Merchan to force   
   > Daniels to comply with the subpoena. In their filing, they   
   > included a photo they said DellaPorte took of Daniels as she   
   > strode away.   
   >   
   > Daniels’ lawyer Clark Brewster claims they never received the   
   > paperwork. He described the requests as an “unwarranted fishing   
   > expedition” with no relevance to Trump’s criminal trial.   
   >   
   > “The process — instituted on the eve of trial — appears   
   > calculated to cause harassment and/or intimidation of a lay   
   > witness,” Brewster wrote in an April 9 letter to Merchan.   
   > Brewster didn’t immediately reply to a message from The   
   > Associated Press seeking comment.   
   >   
   > The hush money case is the first of Trump’s four criminal cases   
   > to go to trial. Seven jurors have been seated so far. Jury   
   > selection is set to resume Thursday.   
   >   
   > Daniels is expected to testify about a $130,000 payment she got   
   > in 2016 from one of Trump’s lawyers at the time, Michael Cohen,   
   > in order to stop her from speaking publicly about a sexual   
   > encounter she said she had with Trump years earlier.   
   >   
   > Cohen was later reimbursed by Trump’s company for that payment.   
   > Trump is accused of falsifying his company’s records to hide the   
   > nature of that payment, and other work he did to bury negative   
   > stories during the 2016 campaign.   
   >   
   > Trump pleaded not guilty last year to 34 felony counts of   
   > falsifying business records. He denies having a sexual encounter   
   > with Daniels. His lawyers argue the payments to Cohen were   
   > legitimate legal expenses, and were recorded correctly.   
   >   
   > In a separate filing made public Wednesday, the Manhattan   
   > district attorney’s office said that if Trump chooses to testify   
   > at the trial, prosecutors plan to challenge his credibility by   
   > questioning him about his recent legal setbacks. The filing was   
   > made last month under seal.   
   >   
   > Trump was recently ordered to pay a $454 million civil penalty   
   > following a trial in which a judge ruled he had lied about his   
   > wealth on financial statements. In another trial, a jury said he   
   > was liable for $83.3 million for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll   
   > after she accused him of sexual assault.   
   >   
   > Merchan said he plans to hold a hearing Friday to decide whether   
   > that will be allowed.   
   >   
   > Under New York law, prosecutors can question witnesses about   
   > past legal matters in certain circumstances. Trump’s lawyers are   
   > opposed. Trump has said he wants to testify, but he is not   
   > required to and can always change his mind.   
   >   
   > As for the subpoena dispute, it marks the latest attempt by   
   > Trump’s lawyers to knock loose potentially damaging information   
   > about Daniels, a key prosecution witness.   
   >   
   > They are demanding an array of documents related to the   
   > promotion and editing of the documentary, “Stormy,” which   
   > explores Daniels’ career in the adult film industry and rise to   
   > celebrity since her alleged involvement with Trump became   
   > publicly known.   
   >   
   > They are also requesting Daniels reveal how much, if anything,   
   > she was compensated for the film.   
   >   
   > Trump’s lawyers contend the film’s premiere last month on NBC’s   
   > Peacock streaming service — a week before the trial was   
   > originally scheduled to start — stoked negative publicity about   
   > Trump, muddying his ability to get a fair trial.   
   >   
   > In the filings made public Wednesday, Trump’s attorneys accuse   
   > Daniels of “plainly seeking to promote her brand and make money   
   > based on her status as a witness.”   
   >   
   > The subpoena also demands communications between Daniels and   
   > other likely witnesses in the trial, including Cohen and Karen   
   > McDougal, a former Playboy model who alleges she had an affair   
   > with Trump. It also requests any communications between Daniels   
   > and Carroll.   
   >   
   > Earlier this month, Merchan blocked an attempt by Trump to   
   > subpoena NBC Universal for information related to the   
   > documentary. He wrote that subpoena and the demands therein “are   
   > the very definition of a fishing expedition.”   
   >   
   > https://apnews.com/article/stormy-daniels-donald-trump-   
   > d3dce88566bafb714dbb5c1acd3e4a83   
      
   Stormy Daniels lied.   
      
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