14:19
Stormy Daniels defensive in cross-examination

From Rob Crilly, Senior Political Reporter inside court:

The cross examination is riveting stuff.

Susan Necheles opened up by asking Stormy Daniels whether she had rehearsed for this moment with prosecution lawyers.

Daniels did not like that line of questioning and bristled.

She sat up straight, jutting her jaw to one side in defiant fashion, as she tried to hit the questions straight back at the questioner.

That set the tone for an increasingly bad tempered encounter as the defense tries to make out that she is a money-grabbing chancer.

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Stormy Daniels is being questioned about having to pay Donald Trump legal fees

There has been a back and forth exchange between defense lawyer Susan Necheles and Stormy Daniels over Daniels being ordered to pay Donald Trump legal fees.

Daniels is being shown a series of tweets she made about Trump.

Necheles points out that Daniels also made fun of Trump's looks.

'He made fun of me first,' Daniels says.

On the screen is a tweet from Daniels where she wrote 'I don't owe him s**t and I'll never give that orange turd a dime'

The fees owed are in connection to Daniels' failed defamation lawsuit against Trump.

When Necheles questions whether Trump won the case, Daniels counters 'he prevailed, I was not found to have lost.'

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Stormy Daniels explains why she called Trump an 'orange turd' in tweet to jurors

Stormy Daniels said she called Donald Trump an "orange turd" — simply "because he made fun of her first."

The juror is being shown a tweet by Daniels from November 9, 2022.

🇺🇸 The Briefing Room 🇺🇸 🇮🇱

Stormy Daniels
@StormyDaniels
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Nov 9, 2022
I don't owe him shit and I'll never give that orange turd a dime 😂

Anybody else remember the first rule of digging?

Accountable for what?...what crime did he commit?