Stormy Daniels blasted Donald Trump on social media Thursday night, just a few hours after she finished testifying against the former president in his Manhattan hush-money trial.
“Real men respond to testimony by being sworn in and taking the stand in court. Oh…wait. Nevermind,” she wrote in a post on X — a taunting reference to Trump not testifying in the case and using his own social media accounts to rail against the proceedings.
The zinger came after Trump’s lawyers unsuccessfully requested a mistrial based on Daniels’ testimony.
If Trump were to testify, he would open himself up to cross-examination by prosecutors.
Earlier in the day, Daniels pushed back during a tense, hour-long cross-examination by Trump’s attorney Susan Necheles.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, said she had sex with Trump in a Lake Tahoe hotel room in 2006. Trump has denied the two had any such encounter. The alleged tryst is at the center of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case alleging Trump covered up a $130,000 reimbursement to fixer Cohen for paying Daniels into silence days before the 2016 election.
The presumed Republican presidential nominee scowled and crossed his arms during her testimony.
Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for purportedly buying Daniels’ silence.
After Daniels’ testimony, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche argued unsuccessfully for a mistrial, claiming Daniels’ comments were “a dog whistle for rape” and went far beyond the scope of the charges Trump’s facing.
“He’s a corrupt judge, and he’s totally conflicted,” Trump told reporters outside the courtroom.