Hope Hicks testifies in Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial
Hicks said she was ‘really nervous’ as she took the witness stand as the first Trump staffer with intimate knowledge of his campaignTrump hush-money trial – live updatesAs Hope Hicks, Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign secretary, took the witness stand in the ex-president’s New York criminal hush-money trial, she described his staffers’ panic when a recording emerged in which he bragged about groping women, saying “this was a crisis” for his presidential bid.Hicks also placed Trump squarely at the center of his campaign media strategy, telling jurors “we were all just following his lead”. The testimony marks a turning point for prosecutors, as she is the first Trump staffer with intimate knowledge of Trump’s campaign to testify about his alleged misconduct. Continue reading...
Hicks said she was ‘really nervous’ as she took the witness stand as the first Trump staffer with intimate knowledge of his campaign
As Hope Hicks, Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign secretary, took the witness stand in the ex-president’s New York criminal hush-money trial, she described his staffers’ panic when a recording emerged in which he bragged about groping women, saying “this was a crisis” for his presidential bid.
Hicks also placed Trump squarely at the center of his campaign media strategy, telling jurors “we were all just following his lead”. The testimony marks a turning point for prosecutors, as she is the first Trump staffer with intimate knowledge of Trump’s campaign to testify about his alleged misconduct. Continue reading...
