From the stand, Hicks described the relationship with his former boss as one of “mutual respect” and said that during the 2016 election campaign – when the payment was made to Daniels– Trump was very involved with the way his campaign communicated with the media.
The testimony of Hicks, that I had no experience in communications before working in this field for Trumpbecame relevant when he addressed the entertainment media’s Access Hollywood tape, in which Trump described how he grabbed women by their genitals.
“I am automatically attracted to pretty women. I start kissing them, it’s like a magnet, I can’t even wait (…). And when you’re a celebrity they let you do whatever you want, you can do whatever you want (…). Grab them by the vagina. You can do everything,” Trump – by then already married to his current partner, Melania – said in the recording in a private conversation with presenter Billy Bush.
The ninth witness of the Manhattan Prosecutor’s Office said that these statements implied “a crisis” for the presidential campaign and recalled that when he told Trump the contents of the tape, the president told him that “it didn’t sound like something he would say.”
Hicks also spoke about the atmosphere in Trump’s circle when, shortly before the election, an article exposed that Karen McDougal, a Playboy model, had an affair with Trump between 2006 and 2007.
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McDougal’s version did not come to light, since it was bought by the tabloid’s parent company The National Enquirer alone to be buried as a favor to Trump.
However, Hicks also described Trump as a family man whose motive for suppressing these extramarital scandals may not have been just to win the election, but to protect his relationship with his family and his wife.
The picture he painted of Cohen’s personality was not so idyllic: when Hicks learned that Trump’s former lawyer said he had paid $130,000 to Daniels In a selfless act of loyalty to Trump, he thought it was out of character, as he did not believe Cohen was “a particularly charitable” or “altruistic” person.
Cohen will be one of the prosecution’s star witnesses in this trial.
Trump closes his eyes to listen better
During the first part of Hicks’ testimony to the Prosecutor’s Office, Trump watched intently, then appeared to focus on his remarks through a screen.a video in front of him, and after the lunch break, he was leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed for long periods of time.
On Thursday, the current Republican candidate for the next presidential election said on his social network that he was not falling asleep in court, but simply closing his “beautiful blue eyes” to listen “intensely.”
There are many journalists and curious people who go to the Manhattan Criminal Court to follow the case, today the most famous face among the audience in the courtroom was that of Anderson Cooperone of CNN’s star anchors.
