Defense argues against parts of Daniels' planned testimony
Trump attorney Susan Necheles began the proceedings by renewing their request that Judge Juan Merchan preclude parts of Stormy Daniels' planned testimony.
Necheles said that Daniels is expected to be the second witness today.
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger argued that the context of the alleged 2006 sexual encounter between Daniels and Trump are important, though Daniels will not testify about that in detail.
"The details of the encounter, your honor, are important," said Susan Hoffinger. "In terms of a sexual act, it will be very basic ... how she came to have sex and how she felt about it."
"There is just no need for those kinds of details here," Necheles argued. "This case is a case about books and records, and we shouldn't get into how she felt about it, what happened in the room."
Judge Juan Merchan said he would stick with his earlier ruling allowing the testimony, but acknowledged that Daniels had "credibility issues."
"We don't need to know the details of the intercourse," Merchan said. "I agree with you that she had credibility issues."
Trump has denied that he had a sexual encounter with Daniels.
