And now with Hope Hicks on the stand, prosecutors showed a series of exchanges she had with him about stories involving Trump. Advertisement. 2:39 p.m. EDT.

Once she sat down, Hicks barely squeaked out an introduction. “Hi, my name is Hope Charlotte Hicks, and my last name is spelled H-I-C-K-S,” she said, apologizing for being nervous.

After Hope Hicks cried on the stand, she took a brief break. When she returned, ... But doing so now would risk turning the jury against him, one CNN legal analyst noted.

Hicks was one of the most highly anticipated witnesses of the trial, which has now finished its third week. She spoke softly in her first few moments on the stand, admitting she was nervous.

Hope Hicks, one of former President Donald Trump's closest aides for years, told jurors how she handled the fallout from "hush money" payments made to two women before the 2016 election.

Hope Hicks testified in former President Donald Trump's New York trial about damage control in the 2016 election and jurors heard a secret recording of Trump and his one-time fixer Michael Cohen.

President Donald Trump poses with former communications director Hope Hicks shortly before making his way to board Marine One on the South Lawn and departing from the White House on March 29, 2018.

From Hope Hicks, the Tears of Truth. May 3, 2024. Credit ... “Mr. Trump’s opinion was that it was better to be dealing with it now and it would have been bad to have that story come out before ...

But Hicks also delivered a devastating blow against Trump, whom she said she hasn’t spoken to since the summer or fall of 2022. It took two tries for Colangelo to get it out of her.

Hicks was also on the stand to comment on how she, as press secretary, and the Trump campaign itself reacted to the bombshell release of the Access Hollywood tape on Oct. 7, 2016.

Hope Hicks, a former top aide to then-President Donald Trump, ended her testimony Friday in his New York criminal trial for allegedly falsifying records related to a hush money payment to adult ...