Two Lies Revealed In Court Today

And a truth

Stormy Daniels, Getty

Today Stormy Daniels made it crystal clear that Donald is lying.

I have been staying on top of Donald’s New York election interference case, primarily so you don’t have to. It’s hard to wade through it all because we already know the truth – Donald is guilty. But the prosecution’s case, in particular, has been interesting to watch. 

Donald is one of the most prolific fabricators in the world. If we’ve learned anything over the course of the last eight years, it’s that nearly every utterance that comes out of his mouth is a lie.

The truth has a way of revealing itself, no matter how hard he tries to conceal it.

Let’s dive in to the lies exposed, and then offer you my insight as to Donald can’t stop lying.

LIE 1: Stormy brings receipts

In light of Stormy Daniels taking the stand, it’s important to remember that Donald denies an affair even took place. My biggest takeaway from her testimony is that Stormy Daniels appeared credible.

Based on some of what she shared under questioning by the prosecutor, I suspect much of it was incredibly humiliating for Donald as Daniels shared some intimate details.

She began by recounting how the two of them met at a golf event. She declined Donald’s first invitation to dinner and then she changed her mind after being pressured by her publicist. 

Donald told Daniels that he reminded her of his daughter, Ivanka. And he called her “honeybunch.” Honeybunch was my family’s preferred term of endearment.

In his hotel suite, Donald asked her questions about her “business,” and whether or not she had ever tested positive for sexually transmitted diseases, to which she said no. 

Daniels then testified about a brief conversation she had with Donald about Melania when he showed Daniels a picture of her. He then reassured Daniels that he and Melania did not share the same room at which point, from where he sat behind the defense table, Donald mouthed an expletive. I’m pretty sure it rhymed with “witch.”

Donald knew what he wanted from the beginning.

Daniels was invited for dinner, but there was no dinner. Donald stripped down to his underwear and sat between her and the door. He dangled promises of being on The Apprentice, and of helping her cheat to succeed on the show. Daniels also mentioned that Donald did not use a condom during their sexual encounter.

Finally, Daniels testified that her manager was approached by Michael Cohen to buy her story for $130,000. She confirmed she was informed that Cohen was representing Donald.

After a lunch break, Donald’s attorneys filed a motion for a mistrial based on Daniels’ testimony, asserting it was “prejudicial” and replete with unnecessary details designed to “inflame the jury.” "THE PROSECUTION, WHICH HAS NO CASE, HAS GONE TOO FAR. MISTRIAL!” Donald posted on Truth Social.

Apparently, for Donald and his team, Daniels telling the truth was a step too far.

Justice Merchan denied their motion.

LIE 2: Donald’s graduation excuse 

At the beginning of the trial, Donald complained vociferously that because of the trial schedule, Justice Merchan was forcing him to miss his son’s high school graduation, even though at the time Merchan had not yet made a ruling. When Merchan did rule, he said that, given the fact that the trial is running ahead of schedule, the defendant would, in fact, be able to attend. 

Without intending to, it’s likely Merchan called Donald’s bluff because it’s likely he had no interest in attending his son’s graduation and we learned today that he is reportedly due to speak at the Minnesota Republicans’ annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on the same day.

The Florida graduation ceremony starts mid-morning, so it’s possible Donald goes to both events. But let’s be real, most parents who care about their children throw a party or have dinner to celebrate their kid. They don’t hop on a plane as soon as the ceremony is over.

Donald’s graduation ploy was a cheap and calculated attempt to garner sympathy from his followers and drum up more outrage at Merchan. 

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The hard truth

Donald’s lies may become true in his mind as soon as he utters them, but they’re still lies. 

As a kid, Donald was forced to become his own cheerleader — first, because he needed his father to believe he was a better and more confident son than his older brother (my father) Freddy was, and finally because he began to believe his own hype, even as he paradoxically suspected on a very deep level that nobody else did.  

Donald has always needed to perpetuate the fiction my grandfather started that Donald is strong, smart, and otherwise extraordinary, because facing the truth — that he is none of those things — is too terrifying for him to contemplate.

Donald’s entire story has been one big lie. And for the first time ever, between the E. Jean Carroll verdict, Letitia James’ civil fraud verdict, and Donald’s election interference trial, he is finally facing accountability for it. 

Every lie that is exposed reveals Donald to be the small, insecure man he always has been. We must expose him more – the stakes are too high.

While Donald’s life is a labyrinth of lies, he very clearly tells us who he is, and what he will do if this country is so broken that it votes him back in power. There is no doubt that if Donald is afforded a second term, it will end American democracy.

No one knows how Donald came to be who he is better than his own family. And unfortunately, most of them remain silent out of loyalty or fear. I’m not hindered by either of those.

In addition to the firsthand accounts I can give as my father’s daughter and my uncle’s only niece, I have the perspective of a trained clinical psychologist. 

The truth about Donald must be told, and I am the only Trump willing to tell it.