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Sam Levine in New York

Judge denies Trump lawyers’ second request for mistrial in hush-money case

Donald Trump speaks to the media after a day of testimony in his trial at Manhattan Criminal court on Thursday.
Donald Trump speaks to the media after a day of testimony in his trial at Manhattan criminal court on Thursday. Photograph: Victor J Blue/AP

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case in Manhattan castigated the former president’s lawyers on Thursday and denied their second request for a mistrial this week.

Judge Juan Merchan indicated that Trump’s lawyers were to blame for allowing Stormy Daniels, an adult film star, to describe lurid details about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, including testimony that Daniels nearly blacked out and that Trump did not wear a condom.

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