Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Claims Donald Trump's $130k Payment Was 'Consideration' Not 'Hush Money'

Donald Trump's New York hush money Trial continued today, with new developments coming out from witnesses who took the stand.

Former adult film star Stormy Daniels' lawyer, Keith Davidson, claimed in court that Trump's alleged $130k payment to his client wasn't hush money as he has been accused of. However, Davidson also shared that it was his "understanding" that Trump and Daniels did have sex.

Day 10 of Trump's New York hush money trial began with some shocking claims as Stormy Daniels' lawyer took to the stand.

According to the New York Post, Daniels' attorney, Keith Davidson, testified it was his "understanding" that Trump and Daniels had had sex when she denied it in a 2018 letter but that the $130,000 he -allegedly paid to buy her silence about the affair "wasn't payoff."

Trump sat still as prosecutor Joshua Steinglass asked Davidson if he understood at the time shot his client had "in fact had a sexual encounter with Donald Trump at some point?"

"That was my understanding," Davidson replied. He then proceeded to clarify that the $130k payment Daniels received to silence her about the alleged affair "wasn't payoff, and it wasn't hush money."

Davidson said he'd prefer to describe the remuneration as a "consideration."

Following Davidson's testimony, Trump's lawyer Emil Bove began grilling him over his past attempts to help his clients secure money from other celebrities, including actor Charlie Sheen, per the Washington Post.

In a move to discredit Daniels's lawyer's ethics, Bove questioned him about his career choices, especially securing NDA for his clients with information namable individuals want to be hidden.

He cited a case where Davidson worked for a drug-addict client to get a $2 million settlement from Sheen, who was known to be battling substance abuse at the time.

Bove asked if Daniel's attorney "extracted" the money from the actor, to which Davidson replied, "There's no extraction. We asserted that there was tortuous activity committed and valid settlements that were executed."

Other celebrities Bove mentioned with Davidson include former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, former Filipino professional boxer Manny Pacquiao, and TV personality Tila Tequila, but Davidson said he couldn't remember many of those instances.

"I've had over 1,500 clients in my career," Davidson said. "You're asking me about events that happened many years ago."

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan recently fined the former president $9,000 for repeatedly breaching the gag order in the case.

The order was placed on him to forestall him from attacking witnesses and jurors on the case, but that hasn't successfully stopped Trump from weighing in on the case via his Truth Social media platform.

Merchan eventually ruled that Trump violated the gag order in seven Truth Social posts and two statements on his campaign site days before the trial commenced.

"This court's expanded order is lawful and unambiguous," Merchan's order read. "Defendant violated the order by making social media posts about known witnesses pertaining to their participation in this criminal proceeding and by making public statements about jurors in this criminal proceeding."

The presumptive GOP nominee threw caution to the wind Thursday morning as he took to his Truth social platform to slam Judge Merchan as a "corrupt and highly conflicted" judge, telling his followers not to allow the "radical left" judge "interfere" with the 2024 election.

He shared the post around 7 a.m. on Thursday after he was found in contempt of the court for violating the gag order Merchan had placed.

Trump wrote, "WE CANNOT LET THIS RADICAL LEFT, CORRUPT AND HIGHLY CONFLICTED NEW YORK DEMOCRAT JUDGE INTERFERE WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2024 — THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY."

He continued, "THE USA IS TRULY A NATION IN DECLINE! REMOVE THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL GAG ORDER."

"THIS IS A RADICAL LEFT REVOLUTION TAKING PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY," he added. "WHERE IS CROOKED JOE BIDEN? WHERE IS GOVERNOR NEWSCUM? THE DANGER TO OUR COUNTRY IS FROM THE LEFT, NOT FROM THE RIGHT!!!"

The billionaire mogul recently took to his social media platform to blast reports that he fell asleep in court.

Several journalists present in the court during Trump's trial have given detailed accounts of the former president's alleged sleeping; however, the 77-year-old claims he is only "closing his beautiful blue eyes" and taking in the information.

Trump wrote on Truth Social, "Contrary to the FAKE NEWS MEDIA, I don't fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.'s Witch Hunt, especially not today. I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it ALL in!!!