Today was day 11 in the first criminal trial of a former American president and the

prosecution called to the witness stand one of Donald Trump's closest

confidants, Hope Hicks, Trump's former communications director and longtime aid.

Throughout the 2016 campaign, Hicks was constantly by Trump's side,

navigating each crisis that came his way.

And that was why prosecutors used Hicks's testimony to

take the jury all the way back to one of the most important and memorable moments

of the 2016 campaign.

As a warning, this next part is vulgar.

I gotta use some pick tags just in case to start kissing her.

You know, I'm automatically attracted to beautiful. I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet.

You just like I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything.

Whatever you want. Grab them by the p.

The access. You can do anything whatever you want. Grab them by the. The Access Hollywood tape.

A recording of Donald Trump in 2005 openly advocating sexual assault bragging about his ability to

assault women. When you're a star they let you do it. That tape was first

reported by the Washington Post on October 7th 2016, a real

October surprise in the presidential campaign. It is hard to overstate just

what a big deal that tape was at the time. The day that recording was first

released Hurricane Matthew was just off the coast of Florida and news networks

had to break into their rolling hurricane coverage to report on the Trump tape.

But maybe an even better sign of the significance of the Access Hollywood tape was the Trump

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