Hope Hicks

3 May 2024 court NYC
Hope Hicks, a former White House aide to former President Trump, has begun testifying. The the former White House Communications Director 
* Ex-aide Hope Hicks gets emotional during Trump trial testimony. By Kayla Epstein and Madeline Halpert, in court, & Rachel Looker, in Washington,BBC News - 3 May 2024
::Hicks testified about her experience working with the former president and learning of the Access Hollywood tape recorded in 2005 that shows Mr Trump saying he could "grab women" by their genitals because he was famous. It surfaced weeks before the 2016 presidential election. Ms Hicks started her testimony by answering questions about the events surrounding the tape's release. She said at the time she was "a little stunned" to hear the tape and added she had "the sense that this was going to be a massive story".
::The Washington Post obtained the tape, and the reporter on the story, David Fahrenthold, emailed Ms Hicks asking for comment from Trump's presidential campaign. She testified that his email was her first warning about the tape and reviewed the email on a screen in the courtroom. Ms. Hicks said she forwarded the email to several top campaign staffers, including Jason Miller, Kellyanne Conway, and Steve Bannon.
::She said in the email: "1) Need to hear the tape to be sure. 2) deny, deny, deny". Ms Hicks told the court it was a "reflex" to write "deny, deny, deny.''
::Campaign aides then had a meeting, during which they shared the email with Mr Trump, Ms Hicks said.
"Everyone was just absorbing the shock of it... He [Trump] said that didn't sound like something he would say," Ms Hicks said during her testimony. "I was concerned, very concerned," she told the court.
Donald Trump stopped outside the courtroom to briefly speak with media, as he has done every day of this trial. He wouldn't comment on Hope Hicks' testimony, saying he can't because of the gag order. But he did say he was "very interested in what took place today". 
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One said: Hicks is assumed to know where are all the bodies are buried in Trumpland.
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* told me to deny alleged affair, Hope Hicks tells trial. bbc, 3 May 2024, With Madeline Halpert, Kayla Epstein and Nada Tawfik reporting from court in New York
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