Former President Trump’s legal team attempted to serve ex-pornographic actress Stormy Daniels with a subpoena at a bar in New York City last month, but she refused to accept it. A process server working for Trump’s lawyers stated that he approached Daniels with papers related to a documentary about her life and involvement with Trump but was unable to serve her directly, leaving the documents at her feet.
Daniels is expected to be a key witness in Trump’s hush money case, where he faces over 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. This trial marks the first time a former president will stand trial over criminal charges.
The process server, Dominic DellaPorte, mentioned that he tried to serve Daniels before a screening of the documentary film 'Stormy' at a nightclub in Brooklyn. Trump’s legal team is now seeking court intervention to compel Daniels to comply with the subpoena, including presenting a photo taken by DellaPorte as evidence of the attempted service.
Daniels’ lawyer, Clark Brewster, criticized the subpoena as an 'unwarranted fishing expedition' with no relevance to Trump’s criminal trial. Brewster claimed they never received the paperwork and expressed concerns about potential harassment or intimidation of his client.
The encounter occurred just weeks before the high-profile trial began in Manhattan, with seven jurors already seated and jury selection scheduled to resume. The trial will primarily focus on payments made by Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, to Daniels before the 2016 election, which Trump ultimately won.
