Former White House official and Donald Trump adviser Hope Hicks took the stand Friday at the former president's hush money trial
Hicks' testimony provided jurors with a glimpse into the chaotic fallout in the Trump campaign over the"Access Hollywood" tape's release just days before a crucial debate with Hillary ClintonFormer White House official and Donald Trump adviser Hope Hicks took the stand Friday at the former president's hush money trial and recounted how his 2016 campaign became embroiled in a political firestorm over a recording in which he boasted about grabbing women without their...
Four days before the 2016 election, Hicks said she received a request for comment from a Wall Street Journal reporter for a forthcoming story about American Media Inc. buying the rights to former Playboy model Karen McDougal’s story that she had an affair with Trump years earlier. Trump denies the allegations.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyWhile no longer in Trump's inner circle, Hicks spoke about the former president in glowing terms as the prosecutor began questioning her about her background. Hicks complimented Trump multiple times in the first few minutes of her testimony, describing him as a “very good multitasker, a very hard worker.
Trump's defense has worked to poke holes in the credibility of prosecution witnesses and to show that Trump was trying to protect his reputation and family — not his campaign — by keeping the women quiet. The defense also suggested while questioning an attorney who represented two women in hush money negotiations that Trump was, in fact, the victim of extortion. Trump has denied the claims of extramarital sexual encounters.
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Former Trump aide Hope Hicks testifies about key events in 2016Hope Hicks, a top aide to former President Donald Trump during his political rise, is testifying in her former boss' hush money trial about key players in 2016 payoffs to women and the fallout from the 'Access Hollywood' tape before the election.
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Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts political firestorm in 2016 over ‘Access Hollywood’ tapeHope Hicks is the first close Trump adviser to testify in the case, which accuses the Republican former president of a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by silencing women who claimed to have sexual encounters with him.
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Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts political firestorm in 2016 over ‘Access Hollywood’ tapeFormer longtime Donald Trump adviser Hope Hicks is recounting how his 2016 presidential campaign became embroiled in a political firestorm over a tape in which he boasted about grabbing women without their permission.
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Trump trial live updates: Hope Hicks, former Trump adviser, testifiesFormer Trump adviser Hope Hicks has taken the witness stand during the second week of testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial.
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Trump trial: David Pecker details secret catch-and-kill arrangement with Trump for 2016 electionTheir ties were solidified during a pivotal August 2015 meeting at Trump Tower involving Trump, his lawyer and personal fixer Michael Cohen, and another aide, Hope Hicks, in which Pecker was asked what he and the magazines he led could do for the campaign.
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