2nd UPDATE 1:56 PM:Not for the first time,Donald Trumpmade someone cry today.
Finished talking to Assistant D.A.
Judge Juan Merchan asked of the much anticipated witness.
Hope Hicks and then-President Donald Trump in 2020Getty Images
Yes, she replied in a shaky voice.
Sorry about that, she said.
The story was published four days before the 2016 election and it also mentioned porn actorStormy Daniels.
I know very clearly that he stated the denials, she said.
Id say that would be out of character for Michael, Hicks replied.
I didnt know Michael to be an especially charitable person or selfless person.
Hicks said Trumps concern about rumors of infidelity were for his family.
He wanted them to proud of him.
He did allow that he was very interested in what took place today in court.
The trial resumes on Monday.
She was sitting in her 14th floor office at Trump Tower in Manhattan when the email arrived.
It was locker room talk, It wasnt anything to get upset over.
And I apologize.that
Hicks proved correct about the story dominating the news cycle.
TheJournalpublished its first story focused on McDougal, but mentioning Daniels that day.
It wasnt necessarily about accusations of certain behavior.
I would say that Mr. Trump was responsible for the campaigns messaging, Hicks said.
He knew what he wanted to say and how he wanted to say it.
We were all just following his lead.
Hicks will resume testifying after lunch.
We were all just following his lead, Hicks said.
Trump, in the hallway outside the courtroom on Thursday, said, Im not allowed to testify.
Im under a gag order, I guess.
He reversed himself this morning on his way into the courtroom.
When a reporter asked, Does the gag order stop you from testifying?
Trump responded, No.
The judges gag order on Trump prohibits public statements about likely witnesses, jurors and other trial participants.
And in many ways were just going to have to take Michael Cohens word for it?
But he said yes when Bove.
What have we done?
David texted Howard as Election Night results showed Trump winning.
Oh my god, Howard texted back in an exchange shown in screenshots.
Davidson finished his two days of testimony with a grueling cross-examination.
Nobodys forcing him, Blanche said.
But hes running for president: He has to be able to speak.
