Satin pajamas and mistrial denied: Trump trial key takeaways, day 13

Stormy Daniels undercuts some of Trump's defenses as his lawyer suggests Daniels has a propensity to embellish

Stormy Daniels, whose alleged sexual affair with Donald Trump prompted a hush-money scheme at the heart of the criminal case brought by the Manhattan district attorney, described in excruciating detail on Tuesday her encounters with the former US president.

The testimony from Daniels appeared to be embarrassing for Trump, who shook his head at times, and was notably freewheeling - to the extent that the presiding judge sustained multiple objections, even as he denied a mistrial motion on the basis that key parts of her account were prejudicial.