He peddled a $59.99 Bible; she hawked a $40 Stormy, saint of indictments candle, that carried her image draped in a Christ-like robe.
During Thursday's grueling cross-examination, Mr. Trump's lawyers sought to discredit Ms. Daniels as a money-grubbing extortionist who used a passing proximity to Mr. Trump to attain fame and riches.
And yet, the more the defense assailed her self-promoting merchandise and online screeds, the more Ms. Daniels resembled the man she was testifying against: a master of marketing, a savant of social-media scorn.
Not unlike Mr. Trump, she said, though unlike him, she did it without the power and platform of the presidency.
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