Good morning. I'm Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, May 11, 2024. Here's what we've been doing in Opinion. In a media environment that capitalizes on dwindling attention spans, it's easy to forget that the biggest, most difficult problems haven't gone away or been solved — we just lost focus on them and moved on to something else.
' Did Stormy Daniels' testimony help or hurt the case against Trump? It's complicated. The adult film actor and director, whose alleged affair with Donald Trump set in motion the hush-money deal before the 2016 election, shared gratuitous details during her testimony, drawing rebuke from the judge. 'You can be sure that the issue will come up on appeal should Trump be convicted,' writes legal affairs columnist Harry Litman.