After conviction Stormy still owes Trump Money

So now after the smoke is cleared from this scam of a trial and conviction which saw Donald Trump convicted. One thing still remains the Gold Digger and prostitute Stormy Daniels owes Donald Trump more than half a million dollars. The aging sagging Porn star and prostitute Stormy Daniels who is at the heart of the entire b/s hush money case that landed Donald Trump a conviction Thursday again is still in debt and this changes nothing as she owes the former president more than half a million dollars in legal fees. The debt stems from a failed defamation case brought by Daniels against Trump in 2018, where she was ordered to repay Trump for attorney's fees. 

It was filed after Daniels had released a composite sketch of a man she claimed threatened her to stay quiet about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump. Trump dismissed the sketch as a "con job" on X, formerly Twitter.

A judge dismissed the case, labeling Trump’s tweet as “rhetorical hyperbole” and noting that it was protected by the First Amendment. Daniels said in her testimony during the hush money trial that her former lawyer, Michael Avenatti, who is now in prison for embezzlement and other crimes, wanted to file the lawsuit. Trump has sued Daniels in Florida to get the money, but she still hasn't paid, she testified. She also confirmed on the witness stand to Trump lawyer Susan Necheles that she owed Trump $560,000 in legal fees. When asked if that was before interest, Daniels replied, “I would assume, yes.” Daniels’ lawyer Clark Brewster told USA TODAY the amount she owes Trump is a moving target given the growing interest but it's "$600,000 or $620,000, somewhere in that range." 

At one point during a cross examination with Necheles, Daniels said about the case that Trump “prevailed, but I was not found to have lost.” In an interview with USA TODAY on Friday, Brewster said he and Daniels intend to fight paying Trump the money the court says she owes Trump. “That’s a pending matter” in Florida, Brewster said, “and we'll defend on whatever grounds are available to us there.”

Defense Rests on Trump Hush Money Trial

The former President Donald Trump did not testify at his criminal trial stemming from a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels after all, as the defense rested its case Tuesday without calling him as a witness after legal experts cautioned taking the stand would have likely hurt his case. While I'm not a legal expert I do agree that it was best for him not to take the stand I mean it's not like there is anything new he can bring up and it would just open himself up to let the prosecutors tie him to other things, and further lie, and cheat to try and make him sound bad. So I agree with the defense resting the case on after attorney Robert Costello finished testifying.

The Trump ally sought to discredit testimony from ex-attorney Michael Cohen that tied Trump to the hush money scheme and I personally think he pretty much sank the entire case against TRUMP but this is New York and this is a rigged trial and so I don't think the chances are good no matter what that we will see a win here but an appeal if he shall lose this case I'm sure will be done swiftly in order to avoid any further actions by the state on this scam of a trial.

Trump’s lawyers said last week they still weren’t sure if he would testify, with Trump attorney Todd Blanche telling the judge no determination had yet been made on the issue. Trump boasted he was going to testify when the trial first got underway, telling reporters, “All I can do is tell the truth. And the truth is that there’s no case” and answering “yes,” but became more noncommittal in an April 26 interview with Newsmax, where he said only that he would testify “if it’s necessary.” 

While Trump had not publicly commented since then, his lawyer Alina Habba not representing him in this case told Fox News Monday the ex-president “wants to testify” but has to “listen to his attorneys,” and Blanche told the court the defense could rest its case as soon as Monday afternoon, which would be far too quick for Trump to testify.

Legal experts have strongly advised against Trump testifying, with attorney Norm Eisen saying on CNN the move would be “suicide” and Trump’s former attorney Tim Parlatore saying on CNN that it would “significantly increase” the likelihood that the ex-president would be convicted. 

Most criminal defendants do not testify on their own behalf during criminal trials, given the significant risk involved, and jurors cannot hold Trump’s decision not to testify against him.