Itās a clichĆ© to say that electricity surged through a courtroom ā but it did whenĀ Hope Hicks took the standĀ Friday morning for her testimony in the election interference trial of former President Donald Trump.
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Another devastating blow came at the very end of Hicksā direct testimony when she revealed a stunning trifecta: that, while president, Trump had admitted to her that he knew his then-fixer Michael Cohen had paid Daniels, that Trump attempted to blame Cohen and that Hicks did not believe him. She alsoĀ statedĀ that Trump felt it was better to be dealing with it after the election than beforehand. She appeared so distraughtĀ ā presumablyĀ about throwing her former boss under the busĀ āĀ that she then began crying.
So why was it so damaging? It never really said
If itās for reassuring his wife its not that bad, but if itās for the election itās bad bad.
Or so I have understood it.
My understanding is that his defense has basically been āit wasnāt hush money for the election, it was hush money to avoid traumatizing my wife!ā Basically admitting that he paid Daniels, but only because he didnāt want her to bother his current wife. He has insisted that the payment had nothing to do with the election. But her testimony blew that excuse out of the water, and puts him in a direct path for all kinds of election fraud charges. Because if heās fraudulently spending money for private matters, thatās one thing. But if heās spending money in regards to an election then all sorts of red tape lands in his lap.