Defense attorney Susan Necheles pressed Daniels on whether she and Trump had dinner during their time in his suite.
According to Necheles, Daniels told InTouch magazine in 2011 and Anderson Cooper in 2018 that she “had dinner” with Trump.
During Daniels’ testimony on Tuesday, Daniels said she never ate food during the interaction with Trump.
“I maintain that I didn’t see any food,” Daniels said today. “My story is the same … it was dinner, but we never got any food.”
Daniels alleged that Necheles was cherry-picking her past statements to falsely suggest her testimony was inconsistent.
“You are showing me one sentence of an entire conservation,” Daniels told Necheles.
“Your words don’t mean what you say, do they?” Necheles said.
Daniels’ posture during this exchange belied her confrontational tone with Necheles. She reclined in her seat, leaning slightly on her right elbow in a relaxed way. Her body was oriented toward the jury even as her face and eyes were turned to Necheles, periodically using hand gestures to emphasize a point.
Trump, meanwhile, remained sitting back in his chair, listening to much of Daniels’ testimony with his eyes closed.
