Hope Hicks, who previously served as a counselor to former President Donald Trump, experienced an emotional outburst during her testimony in District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush money case in Manhattan. Hicks began working for Trump shortly after graduating from college and maintained a lengthy professional relationship with him. She had previously been summoned to testify before the House January 6 Committee, and is now involved in a case concerning alleged payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
During her court appearance, Hicks had an emotional breakdown, leading Judge Juan Merchan to call for a brief recess. Following her testimony for the prosecution, defense attorney Emil Bove cross-examined her, resulting in her quickly becoming overwhelmed, as reported by MSNBC.
“I want to talk to you about your time at the Trump Organization,” the attorney said to Hicks before she started to get emotional.
“Sorry about that,” she said after returning to the witness stand.
“No, it’s okay,” the attorney for the former president said.
“Absolutely…I don’t think he wanted anyone in his family to be hurt or embarrassed about anything on the campaign. He wanted them to be proud of him,” Hicks testified.
Her testimony was an “epic miscalculation that