CNN Analyst Says Trump Prosecutors ‘Gearing Up’ To Call Stormy Daniels With Courtroom Moves

CNN legal analyst Karen Friedman Agnifilo said prosecutors in the Trump hush money trial have telegraphed that they’re “gearing up” to call Stormy Daniels as a witness with their latest courtroom maneuvers.

Speculation is intensifying that Daniels will be a witness in the hush money election interference trial that continues to produce fireworks in the Manhattan courtroom presided over by Judge Juan Merchan.

On Tuesday’s edition of CNN’s “Trump Hush Money Trial” coverage, Agnifalo told anchor Kaitlan Collins and CNN Chief Legal Analyst Paula Reid that in asking Judge Juan Merchan to allow certain types of questions, prosecutors are tipping their hand that Daniels will be taking the stand:

KAITLAN COLLINS: And the judge is basically saying, well, if that door’s been open, we’ll talk about it when these witnesses are on the stand themselves. He is now asking the prosecution to explain their aims for presenting the evidence.

KAREN FRIEDMAN AGNIFILO: Yeah. So they’re trying, he’s trying to find out what’s your purpose? What is what is your intention here? And what are you trying to do with this type of evidence?

Interestingly, what this also tells me is clearly we knew that Michael Cohen is going to be called as a witness. But this also, I think, shows that they are planning on calling Stormy Daniels to the witness stand. And I think that’s significant because it was unclear that they haven’t given their witness list, but it was also unclear.

Would they call Stormy Daniels? Would they call Dino Sajudin the doorman? Would they call Karen McDougal? They don’t need to call these witnesses. I suspect they’re not going to call the doorman or Karen McDougal. But this, this exchange is telling me that prosecutors are gearing up for Stormy Daniels to testify.

KAITLAN COLLINS: Well, and basically what prosecutors are saying is that they want to argue that these witnesses are not here to benefit from it, because obviously, that was something that Todd Blanche previewed, mentioning that documentary, mentioning Michael Cohen in his podcast.

They’re saying that they benefited from this. They want to be able to talk to the witnesses and say that they haven’t benefited the second they say it is to explain why both witnesses initially denied certain facts. Michael Cohen’s testimony to Congress, what Stormy Daniels has said in those public statements. And they say the third is to show Trump’s consciousness of guilt.

Watch above via CNN’s “Trump Hush Money Trial” coverage.