Hope Hicks Cries During Trump Lawyer’s Questioning

USA Today reports:

Former top Trump aide Hope Hicks became emotional and teary-eyed upon the beginning of her cross-examination by Donald Trump’s attorney Emil Bove on Friday afternoon. Judge Juan Merchan excused her for a brief break, after which she returned to the witness and cross-examination resumed.

The then-campaign spokesperson was in close contact with Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen in 2016 after the emergence of the “Access Hollywood” tape, in which Trump boasted of grabbing women by their genitals. Her advice to the campaign when the tape emerged: “Deny, deny, deny.”

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