CNN anchors and analysts criticized Trump attorney Susan Necheles for her “slut-shaming” question of Stormy Daniels , which they believe is currently “hurting” Trump's case after a positive start.
Tuesday’s hush money-election interference trial featured hours of bombshell testimony from Daniels, and continued with the defense’s cross-examination on Thursday. The initial cross-examination was widely considered effective in challenging Daniels’s motives. as effective in challenging Daniels’s motives.
But on Thursday’s edition of CNN’s branded coverage of the trial,
JAMIE GANGEL: I think it’s worse than meandering and drifting. I think the cross is now hurting the defense because when we were, you know, off the air a few minutes ago, we took a poll of the five women who are on this panel and I think a very.
JIM ACOSTA: Very scientific.
JAMIE GANGEL: Yeah, very scientific poll. It was, however, 100%, which doesn’t happen in polls often.
OFF-CAMERA: But in fairness, we are a certain segment of the population.
But I’ll let you continue the the the outcome of the poll was that the five of us all thought that she was a good witness, someone that we like, that we find likable and credible, as a witness, as a witness, as a witness!
NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON: No. I’m sorry. No, I was going to say I’m sure it infuriates Donald Trump that this woman who he is essentially trying to slut shame up their right sort of into a nasty woman. He is infuriated by the fact that she is up there–.
JIM ACOSTA: Because he wants to do that.
NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON: She’s. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s what he wants to do. That is why I think the lawyers I think, Lori, you would agree with this. The lawyers are doing it at his behest–
JIM ACOSTA: Prosecution objects, Judge Merchan is allowing Daniels, to answer. This is about, Daniels being asked whether she had an affair with one of the documentary producers. Getting to your point, you know that this there’s there’s some slut-shaming.
NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON: And she cannot be shamed, right? I mean, she is in the adult film business, and she’s fine with it. And I think you see Donald Trump, I think he was cursing yesterday. And you can see I think that it is his motivation to really shame this woman. And it’s not working.
Watch above via CNN’s branded coverage of the Stormy Daniels hush money-election interference trial.
