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Trump trial to resume after teary testimony from key aide Hope Hicks

Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial enters its 12th day Monday morning, following testimony from a teary top aide, Hope Hicks, at the end of last week. Hicks told jurors on Friday that Trump wielded complete control over his 2016 presidential campaign – including a media strategy which, prosecutors allege, involved illicit business records for hush-money […]

Hope Hicks’ testimony was a nightmare for Trump

Editor’s Note: Norman Eisen is a CNN legal analyst and editor of “Trying Trump: A Guide to His First Election Interference Criminal Trial.” He served as counsel to the House Judiciary Committee for the first impeachment and trial of then-President Donald Trump. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. It’s […]

Hope Hicks was called to testify against Trump. But she helped him, too.

NEW YORK — In a trial that turns on a hush money payment to a porn star, Donald Trump loyalist Hope Hicks offered emotional testimony Friday that portrayed him as a family man. The testimony of Hicks, Trump’s former communications aide for his 2016 presidential campaign and his White House communications director, marked perhaps the […]

Hope Hicks Breaks Down In Tears During Trump Hush Money Trial

Former Donald Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks was overcome with emotion Friday as she testified at her former boss’s criminal trial in Manhattan, breaking into tears as defense attorney Emil Bove began cross examination. Hicks spent most of the day answering questions for the prosecution, and as Bove rose to question her, the cumulative stress of […]

Hope Hicks cries as Trump’s lawyers begin cross-examination

Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director once considered to be a confidante to Donald Trump, was called to testify on Friday in Trump’s historic hush money trial. Her testimony was notable in that it bolstered the prosecution’s case that Trump’s team went to great lengths to bury negative stories during the 2016 election. […]

Hope Hicks caps another dramatic week of testimony in hush money trial

Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. It was a historic week in the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president, with Donald Trump being held in criminal contempt. Judge Juan Merchan hasn’t jailed him yet over his repeated gag order violations — and prosecutors haven’t asked him to yet — but the threat of […]

Hope Hicks cries as Trump’s lawyers begin cross-examination

Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director once considered to be a confidante to Donald Trump, was called to testify on Friday in Trump’s historic hush money trial. Her testimony was notable in that it bolstered the prosecution’s case that Trump’s team went to great lengths to bury negative stories during the 2016 election. […]