Hicks Contradicts Prosecutors’ Statement
Former Trump adviser Hope Hicks testified in the New York criminal case against former President Donald Trump, contradicting a major assertion of the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D). The statement appeared to undermine Bragg’s case against Trump stemming from the aftermath of an alleged brief relationship between him and former adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Bragg asked the former press secretary about why Trump would seek to have little publicity over the alleged brief relationship.
Hicks said that she believed Trump did not want “anyone in his family to be hurt or embarrassed about anything on the campaign. He wanted them to be proud of him.”
The testimony appeared to contradict Bragg’s accusation that Trump paid Daniels as a means to protect his family rather than his own 2016 presidential political campaign.
Hicks also said that Trump’s former attorney used to “call himself Mr. Fix-It, but it was only because he first broke it.”
“Mr. Trump really values Mrs. Trump’s opinion. She doesn’t weigh in all the time, but when she does… it’s valuable,” said Hicks.
Hicks said that the former president was “worried about how this would be viewed at home.” She also added that the former president’s campaign did not seek to have the Access Hollywood tape that impacted his 2016 campaign released to the public.
Hicks said that Trump knew that Cohen had sent money to Daniels but appeared to believe that Daniels was attempting to blackmail the former president. Daniels also initially denied any such affair.
Cohen sent a $130,000 payment to Daniels, ostensibly as an agreement that she would keep quiet of the alleged relationship.
The former president also commented on the ongoing trial, calling it a “POLITICAL CAMPAIGN” and a “WITCH HUNT.” He also argued that the trial was a “CORRUPT, “ANCIENT,” AND HIGHLY POLITICAL ATTACK ON HIS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL OPPONENT.” Trump also called Bragg “CROOKED.”
THIS ISN’T A TRIAL, IT’S A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, A WITCH HUNT, JUST LIKE THE HIGHLY CONFLICTED AND BIASED JUDGE, JUAN MERCHAN, WANTED IT TO BE. I’M SURE HIS POLITICAL FRIENDS AND ALLIES, AND CROOKED JOE BIDEN, IN PARTICULAR, WILL BE THRILLED THAT THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH THIS…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) May 3, 2024
“VIRTUALLY EVERY LEGAL SCHOLAR AND EXPERT CALL IT A SHAM AND DISGRACE, ELECTION INTERFERENCE. IT IS AN INSULT TO AMERICAN JUSTICE!” he said.
