Over more than two hours on the witness stand on Friday, Hope Hicks offered jurors at former president Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how his inner circle responded to negative media stories — particularly about his relationships with women.
New York prosecutors are seeking to build a case that Trump and his advisers were so worried about the potential political damage from such stories that they had a motive to try to quash them. Trump is charged with falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election. He has pleaded not guilty.