Hope Hicks breaks down on the stand
Donald Trump's longtime aide Hope Hicks broke down on the stand as her cross-examination was about to begin.
Hicks began crying after the prosecution's direct examination concluded.
Defense attorney Emil Bove had only just started his cross examination. "I want to talk to you about your time at the Trump Organization," Bove said before he asked for a break.
Hicks was visibly crying, looking down on the witness stand and dabbing her eyes as the jury was sent out of the room.
In her last set of responses on direct examination, she recalled a time in 2018 talking to Donald Trump about the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. She testified that Trump told her Cohen made the payment on his own.
But Hicks testified she felt that would be out of character for Cohen.
"I didn't know Michael to be an especially charitable person, or selfless person," Hicks said. "(He was) the kind of person who seeks credit."
Hicks then said Trump expressed that "It would have been bad to have that story come out before the election."
Hicks left the courtroom after she broke down, and jurors were excused during the break.