Takeaways from Day 8 of the Donald Trump hush money trial
CNNJan 30, 2023
Longtime Trump Assistant Testifies in Hush Money Trial
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The Facts
Rhona Graff, a longtime assistant to former Pres. Donald Trump, took the witness stand on Friday in her former boss' New York hush money trial, detailing his relationship with adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
She testified to vaguely recalling seeing the porn star in the reception area at New York's Trump Tower before the 2016 presidential elections. When asked if Daniels was there to discuss being cast for The Apprentice, Graff said she "assumed" so.
The Spin
Anti-Trump narrative
Even though Pecker and Graff had some good things to say about Trump, the former detailed the hush money scheme carried out to help him conceal negative coverage ahead of the 2016 presidential elections, and the latter confirmed to have seen Stormy Daniels at the Trump Tower. One can only wonder what witnesses hostile to the former president will testify when they take the stand.
Pro-Trump narrative
As the hush money criminal case against the former president progresses, it only gets more and more absurd, further exposing its politically-motivated nature. If the act of catching and killing negative stories becomes a felony in itself, then every former president alive and a plethora of politicians would end up in jail.
Nerd narrative
There's a 73% chance that Trump will be found guilty of at least one felony in his New York hush money trial, according to the Metaculus prediction community.