Tuesday, May 07, 2024

May 7, 2024, 10:58 a.m. ET
Maggie Haberman (https://www.nytimes.com/by/maggie-haberman)Reporting from inside the courthouse

Susan Hoffinger, the prosecutor, is asking about Trump inviting Daniels to dinner. Daniels says that she was approached by “Keith,” meaning Keith Schiller, Trump’s ominpresent bodyman. She says he took her number, t
hough she refused the invitation initially.

Are they going to call Schiller, I wonder. He would be key it seems to me to confirm that Trumpie made the advance.

May 7, 2024, 10:54 a.m. 

Maggie HabermanReporting from inside the courthouse

Stormy Daniels is recounting interactions with Trump after meeting him, and then getting a message he wanted to have dinner with her. She is asked to point him out in the courtroom, and she does by his navy jacket, pointing directly at him. He sits with no reaction.

May 7, 2024, 10:51 a.m. ET6 minutes ago6 minutes ago

Maggie HabermanReporting from inside the courthouse

Stormy Daniels is now describing the golf tournament at Lake Tahoe in 2006 where she met Trump. In a notable line, she says she knew that he was “as old or older than my father.”

May 7, 2024, 10:51 a.m. ET5 minutes ago5 minutes ago

Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse

Daniels says she didn’t have a very substantive discussion with Trump…😂

May 7, 2024, 10:50 a.m. ET5 minutes ago5 minutes ago

Jesse McKinleyReporting from inside the courthouse

Stormy Daniels is a quick talker, and the prosecutor has asked her to slow down at least once to let the court reporter catch up. She intersperses her testimony with small laughs. Her storytelling is fluid.