This is sleazy by lawyers, and something that sleazy lawyers do:

May 9, 2024, 9:39 a.m. ET15 minutes ago15 minutes ago
Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse

Susan Necheles, the defense lawyer, begins the questioning by saying that in 2011, Daniels denied having had sex with Trump. The prosecution objects and the judge instructs Daniels not to answer. Necheles moves on, saying that Daniels changed her account in 2016, when she was trying to sell her story.

In past appearances I’ve seen Necheles ask questions she knows will prompt objections. She's aware, as are many courtroom veterans, that just because something is stricken from the record, it doesn’t mean the jury didn’t hear it. Indeed, sometimes jurors pay more attention then.