Hope Hicks takes the stand, describes the ‘meltdown’ after Access Hollywood tape leak

Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Correspondent, Susanne Craig, New York Times Investigative Correspondent and Kristy Greenberg a former Criminal Division Deputy Chief at the Southern District of New York join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the most revealing testimony thus far in the Trump Hush Money trial with close ally and advisor Hope Hicks taking the stand discussing what happened in the immediate aftermath of the Access Hollywood tape leak in October 2016.
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#HopeHicks #DonaldTrump #trump

[@BodilyAutonomyIsARight]

Omg can we stop sympathizing with her? She enabled this big LIE! She was complacent and even conplicit. Glad she's speaking up now - but it would have been better a long time ago.

[@kathimeci5179]

Another case of the ‘too little, too late’ from the guilt-ridden.

[@robertallred4515]

What lie? Can't wait to hear this one😂😂

[@JohnSmith-ve7sw]

She is only being honest finally because she is facing possible prosecution herself!

[@robertallred4515]

@@JohnSmith-ve7sw I'm glad she's honest because she just destroyed the Prosecutors Case

[@estebanvaldez3632]

​@@robertallred4515 Wishful thinking is a mental disorder that is treatable with cognitive and behavioral therapy.

[@sueriansean]

Hope Hicks doesn't deserve sympathy or accolades in coming forward. She stuck by Trump the entire time and would of remained quiet, had it not been for being subpoenaed. She is MAGA through and through.

[@Laurie-xu6fo]

No one, and I mean absolutely NO ONE, wants America to be Great Again 🫤😤😲🤯🤪 ... 😘✌️🇺🇸

[@phillypersonpretzel]

'would have' You are spot on.

[@YouMustbeJoking852]

These people are not redeemed. They are just filling the gaps to the story. Nothing more nothing less. They've already done enough damage

[@minooayat4887]

She is so sad and overwhelmed and yet shows up to the court made up like a super model. They are all opportunists....

[@WooWooGirl]

I agree with you 100%. I am glad she HAD to testify against Donald. She does not deserve any peace and quiet...and definitely no KUDOS FOR HER TESTIFYING. She didn't come forward voluntarily. She was SUBBED. I would have more respect for her IF...she hadn't been hiding since her boss lost his second term BID. Her motto must be...HEAR NO EVIL, SAY NO EVIL...DO NO EVIL. She just plugged her ears during her Tenure at the WH.

[@sandraclark760]

I don’t understand how Ms. Hicks could work for such a lying, lewd and crude person. She had to know what a horrible person he is.

[@jon2026]

She's a Republican. What do you expect? Ethics? Morality? 😆

[@CarbonKevin]

The same way anyone else does. Don't let an individual's outward appearance bias your expectations of who they are.

[@lindsayleiter8341]

Ambition

She never worked for Biden, so I think you’re misinformed.

[@512Squared]

​@@CarbonKevin who are you referring to, her or Trump? It's a fair question, he's obnoxious to the extreme. You'd have to be seriously lacking in either judgment or morals to be blind to that or to ignore it.

[@4sstg]

Apparently the Axis Hollywood tape does not bother Hope Hicks. Decent men do not like or engage in locker room bragging. Decent women don’t make excuses for such vulgar talk.

[@andrewstevenson118]

Yeah, when I heard that I thought "well, his political career is over". Same for the attack on Mr McCain. Alas...

[@callmasiseemindeed8207]

Like I said, Dear Hope Hicks: Do you shoot dogs?

[@haroldmoore1412]

@@andrewstevenson118Republicans need heroes and they don’t care what their hero does.

[@daveharvey5764]

Maybe not but it as still true

[@scabcrawler632]

🤡

[@user-gl5ux5xk3k]

when the tape came out she said "deny, deny, deny". Do not think for one minute that she isn't as guilty as he is

[@mauliebella]

Oh she is. So is Barr, pence and lots more.

[@lynnrunningdeer7364]

Maybe there was some involvement if you know what I mean.

[@mymelt1770]

You know Donnie…eye candy before all else…

[@danielwilliams8346]

None of them are clean, Matter of fact, it made me sick how CNN & them were pretty much presenting Cohen as if he is forgiven and not just someone trying to get back at Trump and/or trying to get money & attention.

[@minutemeditations14All]

She wasn't the commander in Chief. If she were I would say throw her in prison too. We can't have liars and cheaters at the very top overseeing hundreds of millions of lives. It's extremely dangerous and the message it sends to young people in this nation is appalling.

[@chrisg998]

Her tears are a joke. Sad about offending the most offensive man in the world? Sad about having to give truthful testimony about spending money? Let the tears flow

[@Hannah-nm4wl]

While I don't agree with the categorization "joke", I do get the gist of this opinion. It seems to have made reporters in the courtroom very sympathetic that she let the tears flow. It's hard to say if that was rehearsed on her part. But I think she wasn't much help in the J6 hearings, and would remain loyal to Trump now if possible. She does not seem to understand that she should have left his employ long ago instead of working to promote and cover up. She seems very self-protective and without strong guiding principles. However, I do not wish to be an opinionated, judgemental KZbinr.

[@lightwillprevail]

🤮 🤮 🤭 🥴

[@jimmcconnell7328]

She cried bc she had to tell the truth in front of her idol Trump.

[@megahappy2bemeIntheStarz]

@@Hannah-nm4wl She covered it up and enabled so complicit and is testifying only because of the legal peril she herself is in because of it. Cassidy Hutchinson had to testify on national TV and kept it together. Hicks shouldn't be in PR then because she can't handle stressful situations, but she did this to herself and she was 27 when she got on his campaign, not like a naïve young teen !

[@Hannah-nm4wl]

@@megahappy2bemeIntheStarz Sounds like an accurate analysis to me. Sadly there are still people selling themselves out to a crime boss.The good news for them is there is always time to go straight. Michael Cohen's present story demonstrates that most people will forgive a demonstrably reformed life, knowing we are all imperfect. I feel sorry for the lifecourse HH has set herself on.

[@DroZzhat]

Such a weirdly forgiving tone to discuss Hope Hicks. It's like they forgot what she was willingly a part of. She cried? So what. She's complicit.

[@rickmoss6421]

It's the so-called "pretty privilege". Truth be told, beauty is only skin deep, but a lack of character is to the bone. She's no shrinking violet.

[@petecoogan]

So was Nichole with W

[@magausausa]

she cryed, lol yheah you would to being a judas like mike pence

[@gaiagoddess8009]

I don't think they meant they feel sorry for her. I took it as SHE finally realized the gravity of the truth she just spoke. It FINALLY hit her the moment she spoke it out loud. Maybe it was also a relief to come clean.

[@megahappy2bemeIntheStarz]

Agree! I bet they were nothing but "crocodile tears". AND THE OSCAR GOES TO............ HOPE HICKS FOR A TEARFUL PERFORMANCE! She was hoping all the men on the jury would feel sorry for her, typical dumb ploy dishonest women use.

[@stevenmorris9719]

Stop sympathizing! She's ok with lying but not telling the truth.

[@nobodyimportant7804]

Hope Hicks was okay with the frauds, the racism, the constitutional violations, all of it. There are no good people in Trump's orbit.

[@taterhater7419]

she is 100% skewing her testimony for trump. its all an act.

[@martin2289]

Indeed. Trump's sycophantic enablers deserve ZERO sympathy.

[@saturday1066]

she's amoral. like a chair.

[@JC-ws5ld]

Because she doesn't work for trump anymore? Lol

[@leechap3]

Hope was always nothing but eye candy for Donald to letch over.

[@martinq1920]

He wanted her nearly much as he wants Ivanka.

[@tseckwr3783]

Sounds like you have some experience "letching"

[@1MarkKeller]

She reminds him of the Playboy bunny he had an affair with. Alina Habba reminds him of Ivanka. Stormy reminds him of his second wife.

[@jld593]

Sound like you are an impotent troll. (I have no experience with being either, Corky 🤣)

[@CharlieFlask]

Just another grope toy

[@DeadParrot-yj8fn]

Hicks witnessed every trump scandal and kept silent and denied denied denied! Now she cries. Glad she’s finally telling the truth. These t-rumpers make me barf.

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

She was complicit and is Trump paying her lawyer?

[@TiredInTenn]

@@blueberry-ri7eb I think I saw reporting that trump is not paying for her lawyer, but she is from a wealthy family, so she can afford her own.

[@eldenringer6466]

Hope Hicks doesn't deserve sympathy or accolades in coming forward. She stuck by Trump the entire time

[@megahappy2bemeIntheStarz]

Yup, ONLY came forward because of being subpoenaed and in legal trouble herself over it !

[@user-yl3mp7um6k]

Two prerequisite for working for trump 1. What Trump sees as looking like Ivanka 2. Total sycophant.

[@TiredInTenn]

@@user-yl3mp7um6k It also takes a huge amount of self-loathing for a woman to work for trump.

[@sheritacotten5293]

exactly no pity for her

[@lhaynes6361]

Lol​@@TiredInTenn

[@alij9888]

If she wasn't so pretty, she wouldn't get the kid gloves from the press. Can't wait to see how they treat Karen McDougal.

[@sheilaboston7051]

It's not about looks - it's about their employment. Hicks is Miss Peaches and Cream, while Stormy and Karen come from "the wrong side of the tracks" because of what they do. I'm betting on Stormy - she's smart, has a strong character and feels confident in who she is.

[@alij9888]

@@sheilaboston7051 I would tend to agree with you but she had a job comparable to many infamous women from the Trump administration. They all get torn apart by MSNBC. Aside from Cassidy Hutchinson, none have been treated this softly.

[@DocHoliday-to6kp]

How can anyone regardless of education look at a rattlesnake and see a bunny?

[@512Squared]

The smell of money blinds people.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Great simile !

[@paradisedreaming6363]

More than half of American does…..so, there’s that!

[@kitskivich]

Most importantly, Hicks stayed and covered for the former guy once she was aware of every aspect of his character.

[@pallidavisholubar7273]

How can anyone keep saying the USA is the greatest nation in the world? Erase that thought: trump was president for 4 years.

[@tokukeitaro]

The ideals America espouses are beautiful. The reality of their implementation falls far short. Even the founding fathers did not live up to their own ideals.

[@junanougues]

We have a public education crisis. The civic lessons are obviously not hitting the sweet spot, Cassidy Hutchinson excluded. Hope Hicks ironed his pants just before getting off the plane, dedicated and pious Trump insider. Willing to help destroy democracy if it advanced her career.

[@carolynvankort-mm2kz]

"Steam my pants!" I read that she used to pack a "steamer" everywhere she went with him, to be prepared whenever she heard this command. Maybe that's hearsay, but it sounds likely!

[@junanougues]

@@carolynvankort-mm2kz Not surprising, not just the normalization of vulgarity, rudeness, infidelity, contempt for facts and education, but the adoration of all this human uglyness, as well. As long as it pulls me up.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Another Stepford Staffer.

[@lightwillprevail]

Yup.. only worried about her career, never America 😖

[@megahappy2bemeIntheStarz]

Yup, you nailed !!!!! Hutchinson, came forward voluntarily, though she worked for Pence. Hicks only testified after being subpoenaed and because of being in legal trouble for it herself ! I didn't see Cassidy breaking down during her national televised appearance with the Jan. 6th. committee so they can shut up about Hope Hicks. Hicks is a spoiled little trust fund baby girl.

[@mjeffn2]

I’m 10 years younger than Trump. Nothing in my life experience beyond being 13 or 14 years old would confirm Trump’s claim that his behavior in the Hollywood incident was pretty much standard stuff between two guys.

[@DisaffectedLiberal]

Have you ever been so famous that you had groupies?

[@fionakelleghan3267]

@mjeffn2 Thank you, my friend!

[@iainherridge6253]

That sez a lot about the lack of respect you have for your mother & sisters !

[@marthasimons7940]

Even at 13 or 14 years old, my husband isn't the caliber of man who would ever brag about grabbing women by the P. Trump is Trash.

[@LyonsM]

@@DisaffectedLiberalwhy does that matter?? We have a thing called chariture, morals and values, what’s up??

[@kaecatlady]

Hope isn't at all sorry she worked for Donald Trump. Hope is sorry he couldn't hide his insanity well enough for her to keep working for Donald Trump.

[@1MarkKeller]

Most Republicans feel the same way and can'twait to go back to hiding their bad behaviors behind a mask. MAGA loves the chaos of Trump tho so who knows how long Republicanswill have to put up with "saying the quiet parts out loud" to get MAGA voters to vote.

[@josephsonora3787]

And what's FjoeB's excuse for being a "P-ed-0-file?" I'm just asking for a friend named Ashley Biden! 🤣🚿

[@michaelratcliffe7559]

Interesting video of Hope Hicks leaving the courtroom with what is likely, a middle-aged male lawyer to her left, and as she leaves and walks past the camera and away from it towards a turn in the hall, she looks very sober and somber. The next shot of her and the same gentlemanappears to be her having turned that corner and suddenly she and the gentleman are all smiles and happy conversation when that shot ends. Hope Hicks seems to be very aware of the camera on her and she is camera ready. I’m not sure what it means but it sure looks like she’s a great actress.

[@RiverRat_1977]

The assistant, complicit MAGA Groomer was Groomed herself by a team of MAGA aides, publicists, performance coaches and stylists!! She still belongs to their world, otherwise she wouldn't be auditioning to continue her career in the GQP's DC beltway politics!!!

[@davidf4897]

Anyone at whatever age or experience who ties their lanyard to Trump loses credibility. However honest these witnesses are, there was a day and an hour when they started working for this monster. It speaks volumes about their judgement and emotional intelligence.

[@steffir9506]

And there are people who will vote for him. Turns my stomach.

[@supersquirrel7546]

Not always. Let's not automatically jump to extreme conclusions. We leave the extremism, anger, hate and lunacy to MAGA and Trump's lemmings.

[@miguelmagdaleno8672]

)ll

[@Hannah-nm4wl]

There. You expressed it better than I did. Honesty on the stand after the fact does not excuse their earlier loyal support of this corrupt man. They were "bought" to the extent that they continued to allow themselves to be paid for trying to cover up his misdeeds with the voting public.

[@Ryuujinv01]

​@@supersquirrel7546 This kind of talk was acceptable maybe 30-40 years ago, they've continued to intentionally get more extreme with every time you placate them in helping to treat it with decency and 'healing the country' type nonsense. Democrats have caved so far on everything other than social policies that the far left is economically right of Nixon by miles because of this kind of talk.

[@leechap3]

Y'all shoulda just elected Hillary Clinton and you would not have to spend years trying dig yourselves out of this gutter.

[@Laurie-xu6fo]

We'd be dead, Einstein 🙄

[@cindyb2525]

We tried, but thanks to the Enquirer things got out of hand now people are regretting it.

[@cindyb2525]

@@Laurie-xu6foThat’s a bit dramatic, no way Hillary would be involved in an insurrection,don’t be ridiculous!

[@artiefakt4402]

@@cindyb2525 Those lunatics believe there were no insurrection, only peaceful protesters... that's how far they're gone.

[@MinhSen11]

We would have had other problems for sure with Hillary, but none of this slime ball s**t. I always muse what a brouhaha Bill Clinton created with his "indiscretion". That was milk toast compared to Trump's activities and lying.

[@loisfolk5492]

I’m embarrassed, for these people that don’t know they should be embarrassed because of the way Trump acts especially towards women. I don’t know how anybody could vote for this man. Vote blue.

[@TiredInTenn]

The self-loathing a woman must have to support trump.

[@Hannah-nm4wl]

You probably have heard the phrase" there are those who don't know, and there are those who don't know that they don't know." It seems to describe the MAGA movement along with more intelligent people in Trump's train who are thinking they are somehow immune from bad choices.

[@danburnes722]

The MSM are far too kind to Hope Hicks.

[@gudrungarzon7083]

Could it be that Hope Hicks has been in love with Trump?

[@sarahcarder7076]

Because she is pretty - period.

[@chuckscott-cy7iq]

Because she's a woman.

[@DS_P8]

Are we really supposed to believe that she isn't a shark just like all the men around Trump?

[@nathanlewis42]

I think they were talking about her testimony and they were saying that she came off as very credible in court.

[@emanon321]

Poor, poor Ms Hicks. Having such close proximity to DJ *rump was so wonderful, until it was not. Yuck. Grifters and opportunists- those are all of *rump's "best people."

[@rjlchristie]

She's no victim. She was part of the gang. All in.

[@megahappy2bemeIntheStarz]

Yup.

[@ehquetest]

Epstein talk, not locker room.

[@estebanvaldez3632]

The locker room at the Mysogynist Society.

[@thomascarlisle7895]

Yes

[@user-ij6vg8xq2r]

"Cat cries in litterbox after burying huge turd!"

[@rheemamitcheltree5853]

I have no sympathy for her!!!! A woman who allowed a man to treat us like second class citizens is just wrong!!!

[@thomascarlisle7895]

Absolutely!

[@magausausa]

are you nuts?? look how we are being treated with Biden.

[@johngramm8107]

Democrats do it, including Biden! So you are ok with that, I see.

[@SirLoin2407]

Performances at this circus is never ending, Hope Hicks started crying because this was the one time she could not LIE!

[@chrisdreyfuswrites]

Shame on you, MSNBC, especially the female reporters. Hicks was concerned about how it looked, not how disgusting or demeaning to women his words were. Another sort of person would have been repulsed and resigned from the campaign that day.

[@Hannah-nm4wl]

So agree! Don't know how these seasoned reports were so misled by s self-centered tear show.

[@DeadParrot-yj8fn]

This reporting on hicks as some poor victim is sickening 🤮

[@tugsn.mccowan1634]

What is your adjective for describing hope hicks?

[@gracejessen3660]

on behalf of a whole bunch of us who were in our twenties, got close to evil and /or sleeze and did not fall for it, and would not then, or now, expect to be given a ton of sympathy because we were young and pretty. We then and now had basic common sense to not stay involved with a liar and cheat.

[@Petshmah67]

Well said Grace

[@catherine7484]

100% agreement. Maybe my bank balance would have more zeroes but the account I keep my self-respect in might be pretty empty if I'd turned my back on my standards.

[@24Wynn]

Way to go, girl!! No amount of money is worth losing your integrity over.

[@petecoogan]

​@@24Wynnshe lost her integrity when she agreed to work for trump

[@magausausa]

you sound like a future cat lady

[@michaelschwartz8730]

Hope must have a strong stomach. She had to repeatedly stand close enough to that thing to steam his suit 🤢

[@bonniescanlan8772]

Maybe she has no sense of smell

[@user-gl5ux5xk3k]

she's as scummy as he is

[@silva7493]

It certainly does make one wonder...

[@cindyb2525]

Too funny 😂

[@liamdamon]

​@@bonniescanlan8772she was probably grateful when Trump gave her covid.

[@jackdenial1500]

She knew the money train is over once she tells the truth, that's why she cried.

[@TiredInTenn]

She is from a wealthy family in Greenwich, Connecticut. This is more about her lack of character and moral compass.

[@keepinganopenmind8216]

Coached coached fake crying do not trust her to much she's not telling us everything

[@rickmoss6421]

She's not revealing anything that we didn't already know. She's only there because of a subpoena. Just like her wannabe sugar daddy, she's a fraudulent opportunist.

[@AlGrant-bh9or]

....the gutter that trump dragged this country into....Bravo! Describes our situation well.

[@PiNkSpRinkLe1]

Zero empathy for someone who worked for a despicable person and therefore was complicit.

[@eldenringer6466]

the Axis Hollywood tape does not bother Hope Hicks. Decent men do not like or engage in locker room bragging. Decent women don’t make excuses for such talk.

[@jahunk300]

I have heard worse language from 16 year old boys...and yes they do!!!

[@Elizabeth.384]

She better be crying because she knew everything about all of the garbage going on and never opened her mouth. She knew about the Green Bay sweep. She never opened her mouth. You can put a pretty package on something doesn't mean that what's inside is a good thing.

[@TiredInTenn]

Brings to mind the saying about not wasting your time putting lipstick on a pig.

[@PatrickinCorpus]

Trump for Prison 20-24 years

[@rcworks9762]

Go ahead, seal his victory!

[@PatrickinCorpus]

@@rcworks9762 😢❄️

[@estebanvaldez3632]

​@@rcworks9762 tRump is being indicted for you to buy his red hats, golden sneakers, USA Bibles, and Confederate flags.

[@jeffpeterson5791]

Would that make you happy? Pure joy ? Or just self help for TDS?

[@Laurie-xu6fo]

​@@PatrickinCorpus Wanna bet?

[@tigertiger1699]

What kind of women work for such a womanising narcissist… perhaps a narcissist herself

[@johngramm8107]

Ask Monica Lewinsky! Or Paula. Why is it ok when Democrats do the same thing? Hypocrite!

[@boblloyd75]

Congress as a whole, needs to get off of their butts and pass legislation preventing a President from Pardoning himself, this make sense. Of course MAGA will have temper tantrum over this.

[@kathimeci5179]

As I understand it, there is no precedent for or against a president self-pardoning. This remains untested in the courts, however, there is a fundamental principle of law that no one should be a judge in their own case. Should our country be faced with this, it seems SCOTUS will be the arbiter, and we all know what that means with the current Justices. And, we must remember that pardons only apply to federal cases.

[@jmb3608]

As there is no precedent, Donny will do it, if given the opportunity. So, don’t oblige.

[@kathimeci5179]

@@jmb3608 Agreed. Fastest and best way to make this an impossible event is to VOTE BLUE, and then hope Congress gets off its tush and gets to work!

[@dianeolson3098]

If found guilty can he continue to run and be elected?

[@Boggbo]

​@@kathimeci5179 If SCOTUS should actcon it, then should those 3 appointy from Drump stand back. He weaponized SCOTUS like he did with appoint W Barr.

[@flangekiwi]

Hope Hicks crying? IDGAF .... She took the $$$ and isn't facing jail time nor a dent in her future career options. Nasty.

[@AKAKLC]

He is a bully! He is all in for the Win! And will do anything to win! I can not believe we all are still have to put up with him. He is a sorry individual and an embarrassment to our country.

[@joanies6778]

She was MAGA to the end, complicit, and she helped cover up the lies, "deny, deny, deny". She was not there to see justice, she was there reluctantly by subpoena. The only reason she is answering honestly is to stay out of jail.

[@PaulPaul-vj2vx]

everybody seems to say, Hope Hicks is a decent person ... but no public condemnation after the Axis Hollywood tape... WOW, imagine if a man would do so..

[@SFoureman]

There's ABSOLUTELY NOTHING "decent" in ethics, morality or character by anyone involved in a crime ring. She was subpoenaed.

[@akwawka]

One did, and he's sitting in court.

[@cappiece3786]

What was her actual job? Lol

[@JudgeJulieLit]

* Access Hollywood

[@martin2289]

@@JudgeJulieLit Although "Axis Hollywood" is a rather amusing turn of phrase.

[@Mary-tj5qx]

like everyone who rode the wave to the top with this monster, she has no credibility as a decent person.

[@user-qf7or1nz6y]

Hope is a professional and has been for years. Crying on cue shouldn't be a problem for her. I'm surprized how people are reading her testimony as the "poor thing" really???.

[@magausausa]

i know, she's a paid troll, trump never signed a nda, he paid a lawyer, there is no crime

[@arrie1953]

Her emotional response was a delay from which she understood she had just prosecuted Donald.

[@getgaymin]

probably tears for herself as she sunk her chances of getting a job for any MAGA Republicans's PR team

[@ClassicFIHD]

OMG! She saved Trump and trashed Cohen too. Dohhhh!

[@JCEE7737]

@@ClassicFIHD😂 cope. She threw trump under the bus

[@cindyb2525]

@@ClassicFIHDNope not trashed Cohen, she simply said one negative thing about who he is as a person, knowing that Trump is so much worse.

[@s.g.scheerer5781]

Seriously, reading just what you said brought chills through my body.

[@baddymae6783]

Seriously...The GOP has no better candidate..Seriously noone?

[@JoTracy]

They could have had Liz Cheney, but they are beholden to Trump and Putin

[@firstlast-tp7zo]

No one. No policies either except how to hurt the middle and poor classes and fatten their own wallets at our expense.

[@paradisedreaming6363]

Nope! He’s the very best that the GOP has to offer and they worship him….I always knew that party would end up worshipping trash like him!

[@Mary-tj5qx]

She's walking out with massive awareness of every camera on her. I have zero respecct for her.

[@pamelabrooks1944]

She is crying because telling the truth hurt trump. Geez - she wants to stay out of jail. Best not to work for crooks.

[@ahthisisgood]

Crocodile tears. She has political ambitions. She has to retain an image of being a victim and having no choice. All those yrs working with tRump and NOW she has tears? Now she shows regret?

[@janaeaglio868]

He expected her to lie on the stand.

[@DTinker2112]

Yes, he doesn’t care if any of his minions go to jail. They should lie to protect him so HE doesn’t have to go. 😂 Some of them are willing to do it. 😮 Crazy, the number of lives he’s ruined.

[@sindeeperkins3568]

OK, I can't stand it any more, the mere hearing his name makes me physically sick to my stomach

[@apt1smith51]

👉😯👈

[@martin2289]

Does almost elicit an automatic gag reflex, doesn't it?

[@jackrice2770]

I'm curious as to what Ms. Hicks is doing for a living these days. When I was a witness in a criminal trial I had to give my name and my employment. Who's paying her legal bills if Trump isn't? Them high profile lawyers don't come cheap. Seems relevant information to me.

[@gawd4582]

Family money.

[@leechap3]

She doesn't need a lawyer, she is not being charged with anything.

[@willisknapick4405]

According to a video I saw in the last hour she is paying her attorney. I don't know if she's using her own money.

[@24Wynn]

​@@willisknapick4405Oh, that's right. She got her own attorney for the J6 committee because tRump was getting tRump lawyers for his cronies. They were advising her on not telling the truth. That's when she realized that she couldn't go any further so she hired her own attorney. It was only for the J6 hearings and not for this case.

[@coraleahs]

​@@willisknapick4405yes, She hired and pays her own attorney.

[@Smiley-fv8zi]

I dont feel aorry for her. She got paid to help him apread lies and destroy the U.S. she should feel remorse for being so loyal to this monster.

[@tmophead]

You know what's funny, these are all trump's people.

[@martin2289]

Moreover, the "best" people, purportedly.

[@jaydee17]

Hope Hicks "teared up"; she spent too much time as Trump's offsider to be anything but calculating and devious - do not be sucked in by a pretty face using tears to garner sympathy.

[@Smiley-fv8zi]

Why was Hicks crying? Because she had to say the truth which could damage tRump? Ugh.

[@darrellmay4502]

Teenagers talk that way about women to show off to each other, not grown men! ,disgusting!

[@sobieskilinda]

Roy Cohn’s “Delay, deny, distract, rinse, repeat, delay, deny, distract.

[@ellemars2293]

Trump is just disgusting and not because of stormy.

[@jldlott]

Hope Hicks' employment experience is not that long. President Trump pulled Hope Hicks from Ivanka's cheesy clothing line business. President Trump hired Hicks based on her looks and not from her employment qualifications which did not exist.

[@apt1smith51]

So what?

[@jldlott]

@@apt1smith51, Hicks' sudden salary increase explains where her loyalty existed when Trump held office. She supported him when the going went well. Show her the money!!!! Explains who she is. It matters. "Pull my finger @apt1smith51." You probably understand now.

[@apt1smith51]

​@@jldlottoh, but there's more than that going on.. But yeah that's part of it

[@redalert2834]

Those who were assimilated by the Borg, will forever be assimilated by the Borg. Even if they feel like crying.

[@r.stevens6205]

Love the Borg reference😄

[@1MarkKeller]

Agreed. Once a vampire or zombie, always a vampire or zombie.

[@spiceyhotpot]

Stormy and Access could have combined to take Dump out of the running and cost him the office. Election interference indeed, by Dump.

[@Laurie-xu6fo]

Misinformation ⚖️

[@s.z.6200]

TRUTH!!!💯

[@spiceyhotpot]

@@Laurie-xu6fo yes there is a lot of it on Faux.

[@Pdotta1]

I don’t feel sorry for her at all.

[@nadiateinert9374]

Hope Hicks is probably out for a future acting career - crying at the appropriate time. I admire that Cohen saw the light like Liz Cheney and Kinzinger. They saw through Trump - took its time but they remained firm against those weaklings afraid to say a word against their cult leader.

[@lqpbq]

It's still astonishing and amazing that he still got elected despite the access Hollywood tape. That was a portent of things to come with this man and his cult. Still not sure that they would leave this guy no matter what he was found guilty of.

[@wintercame]

Including treason. It's pretty shocking the degree of tolerance for his criminality and betrayal of our country.

[@Laurie-xu6fo]

Hellyweird is nothing to be bringing up 💀

[@Laurie-xu6fo]

​@@wintercame Think he remodeled Gitmo for himself??

[@thomascarlisle7895]

It speaks to whether we the people are up to the task of self governance.

[@randykrus9562]

The crying was a nice touch. She gets the Emmy.

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

As soon as she left the courtroom with her lawyer she was all grins.

[@cheriemcfadden5287]

Looks like the her fast track Career came at the expense of her Moral Compass.

[@karlaschmid8757]

Why the love affair with Hicks? Her job was to cover for Trump, and his disrespect for women. This is one reason I have little use for most cable and legacy media.

[@keepinganopenmind8216]

Coached coached ... She knows a lot more a helleva lot more

[@skreety0455]

She knows 2 Much😂😂

[@magausausa]

yheah, she knows trump did nothing wrong and he won the 2020 election

[@Thatsrelatable2]

Lock him up

[@birdolla4441]

She cried when the defense brought up the time when she initially started working for Mr Grabby Question is DID HE?

[@rickmoss6421]

Well even if he had, according to Trump's logic, she's the type that would been perfectly okay with it.

[@skreety0455]

Maybe that why she cry?😮

[@AriSiMom]

Not just what the verdict will be but how trump treats womens will effect the ballot booth in November , remember the best part of voting is that it is private , any maga wife can choose to not vote for trump …

[@firstlast-tp7zo]

That’s why so many men stand over their wives in the polling stations.

[@paradisedreaming6363]

Yeah…..but they will vote for him!

[@annakingry9157]

Such a high class group.

[@virginia3222]

It’s a whirlwind of smarm in that courtroom.

[@kevdimo6459]

He just wanted to add her to his list of conquests!!!

[@jamesday3857]

Any one that knows trump. knows that they will come to regret even hearing his name

[@fionakelleghan3267]

And yet, each new one believes that he will be different, and that Trump will treat him like a true friend.

[@TheVampirelass]

Hope Hicks has never been “held in high regard” 🙄

[@raymondtuckerjr1886]

I don't think she knew how impactful her testimony was until the "pin-drop" silence of the courtroom and the sound of her own voice hit her.

[@jenbenn5278]

She's totally his type.

[@user-mp9sk2oi4f]

Orange man melting down.

[@coolmoon4382]

Melting down into a LARGE puddle of Orange Kool aid...

[@24Wynn]

​@@coolmoon4382😂😂😂

[@24Wynn]

He's actually decomposing. That's part of why there is a strong stench attached to him.

[@ettaplace800]

🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

[@IMeMineWho]

Before anyone feels sorry 4 HH, remember wasn't she the one who was worried about her job prospects after J6?

[@firstlast-tp7zo]

Yep. Instead of what her boss had done.

[@unoimright5153]

FDT FDT FDT not above the law

[@magausausa]

The Biden crime family should go first!!! FJB Trump2024

[@ulayee9927]

I don’t want to imply anything but can’t stop but wander how this stunning young lady stayed in such a close proximity to “Mr. Grab them by the p***” for so long without getting contaminated by him? Was she somehow cushioned from his predatory behaviour? Ms Hicks is a big enigma to me. I cannot imagine Mr Locker Room Talk having genuine father/daughter like or professional for that matter relations with a beautiful young lady. He was creepy, even with his own daughter.

[@thomascarlisle7895]

He cannot have any genuine father daughter relationship with anyone. Sociopaths are incapable of any such loving relationships with anyone other than themselves.

[@markgerick3063]

The weight of Trumps indiscretions, that Hope Hicks carried on her shoulders, was finally dropped.

[@Richard-xc3jd]

The Supreme Court has an obligation to the American people to show the laws of America are valid. Rule now . Delay is obstruction. Restore trust . Make a statement . Allow the process to work. America is a land of laws. Please.

[@magausausa]

wow you sound desperate and want to twist the laws

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

If they go past May 20th then they are complicit

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

​@@magausausa the Supreme Court four are twisting the laws and pretending to avoid telling the American people if they have a king, dictator or a president subject to the same laws over all Americans. Not too complicated. They ruled to violate 14-3 in two days. This one is a simple yes or no. Immune from the US laws or Not.

[@lynnrunningdeer7364]

Where did she go to college? It was supposed to prepare her for the world. She got blindsided by a con artist😒.

[@aerialarboreal9005]

She's just as culpable...

[@karlaschmid8757]

Worse, look what she helped to do to other women and the country.

[@nestortorres5458]

I can't begin to imagine the things that remain unknown. 🤨

[@Candyliz2003]

SHE WENT ALONG WITH ALL OF IT.

[@thomascarlisle7895]

Isn’t she the one who said to her co-workers on Jan 6: That now they would never be able to get a job after DJT had incited an attempted coup and riot?

[@firstlast-tp7zo]

Yep. She was. More worried about that than what her boss had done.

[@r.stevens6205]

I wish this and all his trials were televised 😳

[@magausausa]

yes i agree,, then America can see how foolish and one sided it all is

[@r.stevens6205]

@@magausausa no to see and hear all the testimony against him and witness how deprived and lowlife he is and why he should be in prison 🤭

[@makinawake9178]

Oh so sad for her to finally have to give a witness statement..

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

I think she had to or be booked for election interference herself

[@charlottevarney7268]

Cried cause she had to testify against trump

[@jamesconnors5653]

Am voting for President Joe Biden again.

[@Cleme21]

Those tears are saying " I knew this day was coming"😭

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

All an act. As soon as she left court with her lawyer, all smiles.

[@Hannah-nm4wl]

And nothing more. Agreed.

[@Cleme21]

@@blueberry-ri7eb I guess you're right.

[@deadshaper1]

Every pathological liar I have ever met, no matter how smart, gets lost in the totality of their lying and eventually the truth comes out to those around them/him/her.

[@magausausa]

yes, the truth your right there but when will dems open there eyes and see the truth, trump did no crimes. and this is pure election interference

[@done.6191]

I am not overly sorry for her. This is a situation of her own making; rather than being solemn I'd expect her to be happy to help bring down a monster. Since that doesn't make her happy, I have to assume she was OK with it all in some fashion.

[@magausausa]

monster??? you must be kidding. you don't even know what a monster is do you.

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

She was complicit

[@done.6191]

@@magausausa yes, very easy to identify. Some monsters put people in cages and burn them alive because god said so (ISIS). Some of them wear suits and create cults so people whose entire identity is “magausausa” can be willfully ignorant and openly terrible.

[@DJ-ec2sb]

Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.