Trump mocked as his lawyers seek Stormy Daniels' communications with Michael Cohen in hush money case

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: On Monday, April 8, the legal team of the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, has appealed to Justice Juan Merchan, presiding over his hush money case, to subpoena all communications between adult film actress Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, and Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney.

They have also requested any material pertaining to NBC's documentary on the actress and communications between Daniels and other witnesses, per The Hill.

Trump's lawyers have requested the enforcement of a subpoena to obtain the aforementioned communications, as both Cohen and former Playboy model Karen McDougal are expected to testify in the hush money trial, which is set to begin on April 15.

What did Trump’s lawyers request in their court filings?

Todd Blanche, Trump's attorney, contended that Daniels' conversations with these witnesses, or evidence that the emails were deleted, would indicate that the witnesses "communicated in order to coordinate their false testimony".

“Communications between Clifford [Daniels] and other women who have sought to monetize sexual assault claims against President Trump are probative of Clifford’s motive and intent to do the same through false trial testimony,” Blanche argued.

The former President’s legal counsel has requested access to communications between Stormy Daniels and advice columnist E Jean Carroll, who filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump in 2019, as well as Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff, who testified in Carroll's civil rape trial against Trump.

Trump's legal team has cited recent statements by comedian Kathy Griffin claiming to have communications via text messages with Daniels and Carroll on a “daily basis,” arguing that the 77-year-old MAGA figurehead is entitled to this evidence.

Trump is currently facing 34 counts of falsifying business records in relation to a hush money payment made to Daniels by his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to cover up an alleged affair before the 2016 general election.

Trump has pleaded not guilty, and the jury selection for the trial is scheduled to begin on April 15. However, his latest appeal to further delay the trial and have it conducted outside of Manhattan was rejected by an appeals court on Monday.

Additionally, Trump has requested that Judge Juan Merchan enforce a subpoena on Daniels' communications concerning the production, premiere, marketing, and compensation for NBC's documentary ‘Stormy.’

This request comes after Judge Merchan recently blocked Trump's attempt to access NBC's documentary material related to the actress.

According to Merchan, the subpoena was “far too broad” and did not meet the legal standards required to compel NBC Universal to turn over documents and other items related to the documentary.

Internet reacts to Trump's attempts of postponing his criminal trial

People on X are seeing through the veil as they question the reasoning behind these repeated requests to delay the start of former President Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial in New York.

One X user remarked, "Question, when will the actual reason for the case be placed where it should be, Trump and his wrongs."

Another user asked, "How is that relevant to his crimes?"

Another user wrote, "Nothing like waiting until the last minute…"

One user said, "Just do it so we can move past this. Subpoena the freaking communications."

Finally this X user asked, "Who was the victim in this bogus case?"

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