Trump Insider Hope Hicks Breaks Down on the Stand During Trial
Erin Burnett OutFront
CNN
3.9 • 715 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:32.3 | Out front next, breaking news, HOPEX breaking down on the witness stand, barely looking at Trump |
| 0:37.4 | as she testifies for three hours, |
| 0:40.0 | which she says he did not want Melania to see. And Stormy Daniels' former manager and longtime friend |
| 0:46.0 | on how the woman at the center of Trump's criminal trial is now preparing to testify, he'll be out front. |
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| 0:55.6 | days away from a military operation on Rafa. Fareed Zakaria joins us. Let's go out front. |
| 1:03.4 | And good evening, I'm Aaron Burnett. Out front tonight, a dramatic moment in court as Trump's former |
| 1:08.6 | gatekeeper and confidant, Hope Hicks, broke down on the stand. |
| 1:13.3 | Hicks was sitting just feet away from her former boss. This is the moment caught by the sketch |
| 1:17.9 | artist, immediately got emotional when Trump's team began the cross-examination and asked her |
| 1:24.7 | about her time at Trump Organization. Now, that was that particular moment. |
| 1:29.5 | The reality is from the moment Hope Hicks walked into that courtroom, the atmosphere changed. |
| 1:33.6 | This is an important witness. |
| 1:35.1 | Our reporters who were there say it was almost electric in terms of the change in the room. |
| 1:40.1 | Hicks is as inner circle for Trump as it gets, and she did prove to be a key witness of the witnesses so far, revealing never before known details that frankly were crucial to both sides. |
| 1:49.9 | For the prosecution, when asked if Michael Cohen would have paid Stormy Daniels without Trump's approval, she said, quote, I didn't know Michael to be an especially charitable person or selfless person. |
| 1:59.9 | He's the kind of person who seeks credit. |
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