The judge overseeing Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s falsified business records trial rejected a mistrial request from Donald Trump’s team on Tuesday after his defense team said porn star Stormy Daniels’ testimony was "extremely prejudicial."
"I don’t believe we’re at the point where a mistrial is warranted," Judge Juan Merchan said, according to the Associated Press.
Defense lawyer Todd Blanche said after the lunch break that Daniels’ testimony regarding the alleged sexual encounter she had with Trump as well as the conversation that came before and other meetings with him had "nothing to do with this case and is extremely prejudicial."
Blanche said that "the court set guardrails for this testimony" but it was "just thrown to the side."
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The Post Millennial