Did Donald Trump forge business documents to gain an advantage in the 2016 presidential election? That’s what it should actually be about. But now the trial revolves primarily around sex, condoms and credibility – with hardly foreseeable consequences.
When Susan Necheles asks her question, she already knows what Stormy Daniels will answer. “You made it all up, didn’t you,” asks Donald Trump’s defender. She speaks loudly, quickly and firmly. “No,” Daniels counters in an angry voice. Of course she would contradict this assumption, whatever else. But in American criminal proceedings, in which a jury ultimately decides, it is not always about what comes closest to the truth. It’s about which side appears more credible than the other – or is least mired in contradictions.
Source: Stern
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