Donald Trump: His former spokesman explained in a criminal trial what it was like to work on his 2016 campaign

Hope Hicks, who worked on the former president’s campaign donald trump since 2016 and was his communications director in his government until 2018, he testified this Friday for almost three hours in the trial against his former boss in New York and told what it was like to work during his career in the White House.

Prosecutors were the first to question Hicks, and although Trump’s former spokeswoman said she was nervous, she didn’t show it in her answers; However, he began to cry as soon as the defense took over the questioning.

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Upon seeing the emotional state of Hicks, the judge in charge of the first criminal trial of a former president in the history of the U.S ordered a recess in this case in which Trump faces 34 charges, including falsifying business documents to help cover up an extramarital affair with an adult film actress.

Hicks, she said, spoke with Trump and his then-right-hand man, Michael Cohen, on the day in 2016 that they learned that the adult film actress Stormy Daniels He wanted money in exchange for not telling about his adventure.

Trump’s statements about women

On the stand, Hicks described his relationship with his former boss as one of the “mutual respect” and assured that during the 2016 election campaign – when the payment was made to Daniels – Trump was very involved with the way his campaign communicated with the media.

The testimony of Hicks, who had no experience in communications before working in this area for Trump, became relevant when addressing the entertainment media tape. Access Hollywoodin which Trump described how he grabbed women by their genitals.

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“I am automatically attracted to beautiful women. I start kissing them, it’s like a magnet, I can’t wait or wait (…). And when you’re a celebrity they let you do whatever you want, you can do whatever you want (…). Grab them by the vagina. “You can do anything”Trump – then already married to his current partner, Melania – said in the recording in a private conversation with presenter Billy Bush.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s ninth witness said these statements implied “a crisis” for the presidential campaign and remembered that when he said donald trump the contents of the tape, the president told him that “It didn’t seem like something he would say.”.

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Hicks also spoke about the atmosphere in Trump’s circle when, shortly before the election, an article exposed that Karen McDougalPlayboy model, had an affair with Trump between 2006 and 2007.

McDougal’s version did not come to light, as it was purchased by the parent company of the tabloid The National Enquirer only to be buried as a favor to Trump.

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However, Hicks also described donald trump as a family man whose motive for suppressing these extramarital scandals may not have been just to win elections, but to protect his relationship with his family and his wife.

The picture he painted of Cohen’s personality was not so idyllic: When Hicks learned that Trump’s former lawyer said he had paid Daniels $130,000 in a selfless act of loyalty to Trump, he thought that was out of line. of his character, as he did not believe Cohen was “a particularly charitable person” any “altruistic”.

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Cohen will be one of the prosecution’s main witnesses in this trial.

Trump closes his eyes to hear better

During the first part of Hicks’ testimony to the District Attorney’s Office, donald trump He watched intently, then appeared to focus on his statements via a video screen in front of him, and after the lunch break, he leaned back in his chair with his eyes closed for long periods of time.

On Thursday, the current Republican candidate for the next presidential elections said on his social network that he was not falling asleep in court, but simply ending his “beautiful blue eyes” to listen “intensely”.

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Many journalists and onlookers go to the Manhattan Criminal Court to follow the case. Today the most famous face among the audience in the room was that of Anderson Cooper, one of CNN’s main presenters.

Source: Elcomercio

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