Donald Trump's hush money trial: Prosecutors present video of ex-president denying Stormy Daniels' claims

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: Prosecutors in the NY vs Trump case in Manhattan have presented video evidence on Tuesday, April 30, of former president Donald Trump refuting pornstar Stormy Daniels' accusations and heaping praises on his former lawyer Michael Cohen amid the 2016 presidential election.

The business mogul was held in contempt of court and was fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors, and some others connected to his New York hush money case.

One of the clips played for the jurors on Tuesday, April 30, showed Trump at a campaign rally saying, "As you have seen, I am being viciously attacked. I have no idea who these women are and I think you know I have no idea. ... Whoever she is wherever she comes from the stories are total fiction, they’d never happen, they certainly aren’t gonna happen with me."

Trump added, "They're trying to keep their grip on the campaign. They're all false, 100% complete and total fiction. I think its disgusting. There's not witnesses. Some are doing it for fame. It's a total set up. Now after many years, phony accusers come out less than a month before the election," Fox News reports

Donald Trump praised Michael Cohen in another clip

In another clip introduced, Trump could be heard offering praise for Cohen who he considered at the time to be a "friend." “Michael Cohen is a very talented lawyer, he's a good lawyer, my friend," Trump said in the clip. Cohen, who previously served as Trump's personal attorney, told Congress in 2019 that Trump directed him to use personal funds to pay Daniels.

Michael Cohen opens up on how he set up a bank account to pay Stormy Daniels

Gary Farro, who previously served as a senior managing director at First Republic Bank, explained in court on the same day how he helped Michael Cohen set up a bank account that was used to make a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.

Farro, who testified that he and Cohen never discussed Trump and that he never spoke to Trump personally, helped Cohen open the account for Essential Consultants, an LLC based in Delaware, on October 26, 2016. The account was allegedly opened with a home equity line of credit and Cohen transferred $131,000 into a checking account roughly 20 minutes after it was opened.

“Everything was urgent with Michael Cohen,” Farro told the court. Farro insisted he had no idea that the account was used to load up an adult entertainer and said that if he knew about it then probably the account wouldn't have been opened at all.

“It is an industry that we do not work with,” Farro said. Farro, the third witness in Trump's hush money trial, did not recall any communication with Cohen since March of 2017.

Internet reacts to videos of Donald Trump denying Stormy Daniels' allegations

Internet is seemingly excited and waiting for the next drama to unfold in the ongoing Trump's hush money trial case. One user tweeted, "This trial's turning into a real show. Got popcorn ready for the next batch of 'evidence' they pull up." Another concluded, "Despite all hardship, he will be the winner." 

"The defense can show a video of Cohen praising TRUMP, too. The prosecution video means nothing," opined one while another tweeted, "Sounds like they are proving Trump's case again." 

"It makes no sense to me that Donald Trump would have an affair with Stormy Daniel’s. He’s a self proclaimed germaphobic and didn’t like shaking hands until in politics. Makes no sense he would be intimate with a dirty 'porn star'," tweeted one Republican. 

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