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Stormy Daniels testifies at Trump's New York criminal trial

On 7 May 2024 Stormy Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, testified at Donald Trump's hush-money trial in Manhattan, describing the alleged 2006 encounter and the 2016 nondisclosure deal.

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On 7 May 2024 Stormy Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, testified at Donald Trump's hush-money trial in Manhattan, describing the alleged 2006 encounter and the 2016 nondisclosure deal. Her detailed account led Trump's lawyers to request a mistrial, which Judge Juan Merchan rejected.

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Factrail. (2026). Stormy Daniels testifies at Trump's New York criminal trial. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/stormy-daniels-testifies-trump-trial-2024-05-07

https://factrail.ai/facts/stormy-daniels-testifies-trump-trial-2024-05-07

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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