After answering a few questions from Emil Bove, the attorney representing the presumed Republican presidential nominee, Hope Hicks, a former press secretary and later senior White House spokesman for the former president, started crying and a photo emerged via Dailymail.
Hicks reportedly used a tissue to wipe her tears during the poignant moment as Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan gave her a brief break, which she took.
Hicks initially became obviously shaken near the conclusion of the prosecution’s questioning, when she was asked about the $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, which is the main subject of the trial. It is unclear why she began to cry.
She stated in her testimony that she believed Trump believed “it was better to be dealing” with the circumstances 2018 than before the 2016 presidential election.
It has been noted that Hicks also stopped up when she got back on the witness stand while recalling her time working for the Trump Organization. Hicks had been on the stand for almost four hours displaying composure while prosecutors questioned her on her time working for the ex-president beginning in 2015 and ending in 2022 — which she said is the last time she saw him.
The significance of her testimony was emphasized by the fact that Colangelo, who left a high-ranking position at the Department of Justice to join the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, was the one who posed the questions.
Although Hicks has been accustomed to living in the public eye for most of her tenure with Trump, the gravity of the situation appeared to take her by surprise.
