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Hope Hicks, once considered one of Donald Trump’s closest confidantes, has been called to the stand as the prosecution's next witness.
As CNN has reported previously, Hicks appeared before the grand jury last year before Trump was indicted, as did Kellyanne Conway.
She's on the stand now. She should be nervous considering the only reason she's testifying for the prosecution is she's under supeona. She's just another one of Trump's lackeys who knew he was & is a lowlife sexual predator but she kept her mouth shut so that she could keep her W.H. job. In fact, she helped spin the Access Hollywood tape. Like Trump, she's a loathsome human being who wallowed in the power afforded those who work in the W.H. & who kept quiet about what was going onTrump speaks to his lawyers as they wait for Hicks
Trump is speaking with his attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove while they wait for Hope Hicks to enter the courtroom.
Hicks enters the courtroom
Hope Hicks has entered the courtroom and is walking in the galley behind Trump.
Trump and Blanche smiled toward her.
Hope Hicks: "I'm really nervous"
"I'm really nervous," Hope Hicks says while looking at the jury.
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Historic! Incredible! One of the closets aides to a former president of the United States taking the witness stand in a criminal trail of the former president. I'm not sure how many partisans today get it. This is history in the making. Unprecedented.
Funny, you always were the class clown.Bigger bombshell than Michael Cohen and Trump grabbing the steering wheel after killing his Secret Service detail for not driving him to the Capital on J6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The walls are closing in
Bombshell!
She's on the stand now. She should be nervous considering the only reason she's testifying for the prosecution is she's under supeona. She's just another one of Trump's lackeys who knew he was & is a lowlife sexual predator but she kept her mouth shut so that she could keep her W.H. job. In fact, she helped spin the Access Hollywood tape. Like Trump, she's a loathsome human being who wallowed in the power afforded those who work in the W.H. & who kept quiet about what was going on
She's deserves credit for NOTHING.
Bigger bombshell than Michael Cohen and Trump grabbing the steering wheel after killing his Secret Service detail for not driving him to the Capital on J6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The walls are closing in
Bombshell!
"Hope Hicks was the ultimate insider...If and when she says something that's helpful for the prosecution's case, it's going to hit extra hard in favor of the prosecution because you can't say this is a person who has a gripe or a beef with Donald Trump."Elie Honig, CNN senior legal analyst:
"I've actually been skeptical that Hope Hicks makes a lot of sense for the prosecution …Yes, Hope is a consummate Insider. She was very close to Donald Trump, especially in the first campaign. But this is a woman who is not partisan…She is fiercely loyal to Donald Trump even after January 6."Alyssa Farah Griffin, former Trump administration staffer:
"Hope Hicks seems to be a likable witness … It will be very interesting to see how the defense handles her on cross-examination. A woman who walks into a courtroom and says ‘I’m really nervous to be here’ — I don't know that they want to go after her very harshly. That could backfire."Diane Kiesel, retired judge of the New York Supreme Court:
"This is a very significant witness. She hasn't spoken to him in two years. He's not paying for her attorney. She's there because of a subpoena …This is not somebody the jury's going to say, 'Well, I guess there was $130,000 being paid out that he knew nothing about.' What I'm waiting to hear from her though is, what came after the campaign? Why was there the concern still to pay and cover up or falsify a record? That's the key."Laura Coates, CNN chief legal analyst:
This is why Trump is on trial? Seriously?Analysis: What CNN on-air analysts are saying about Hope Hicks’ testimony thus far
From CNN's Allison Morrow
Hope Hicks, once part of the Trump inner circle, is testifying for the prosecution on the hectic time at his campaign after the "Access Hollywood" tape was released in October 2016.
Here's what CNN analysts have had to say about her strength as a witness in the case.
"Hope Hicks was the ultimate insider...If and when she says something that's helpful for the prosecution's case, it's going to hit extra hard in favor of the prosecution because you can't say this is a person who has a gripe or a beef with Donald Trump."
"I've actually been skeptical that Hope Hicks makes a lot of sense for the prosecution …Yes, Hope is a consummate Insider. She was very close to Donald Trump, especially in the first campaign. But this is a woman who is not partisan…She is fiercely loyal to Donald Trump even after January 6."
"Hope Hicks seems to be a likable witness … It will be very interesting to see how the defense handles her on cross-examination. A woman who walks into a courtroom and says ‘I’m really nervous to be here’ — I don't know that they want to go after her very harshly. That could backfire."
"This is a very significant witness. She hasn't spoken to him in two years. He's not paying for her attorney. She's there because of a subpoena …This is not somebody the jury's going to say, 'Well, I guess there was $130,000 being paid out that he knew nothing about.' What I'm waiting to hear from her though is, what came after the campaign? Why was there the concern still to pay and cover up or falsify a record? That's the key."
Read the indictment returned by the grand jury, a panel of US citizens. The indictment explains.This is why Trump is on trial? Seriously?
Trump on groping/sexually abusing women -- As a star I can do anything I wantTrump speaks to his lawyers as they wait for Hicks
Trump is speaking with his attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove while they wait for Hope Hicks to enter the courtroom.
Hicks enters the courtroom
Hope Hicks has entered the courtroom and is walking in the galley behind Trump.
Trump and Blanche smiled toward her.
Hope Hicks: "I'm really nervous"
"I'm really nervous," Hope Hicks says while looking at the jury.
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Cassidy Hutchinson was never in the vehicle with Trump.Bigger bombshell than Michael Cohen and Trump grabbing the steering wheel after killing his Secret Service detail for not driving him to the Capital on J6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The walls are closing in
Bombshell!
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