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What Hope Hicks said on the stand in Trump hush money trial

Season 2024 Episode 125 | 4m 48s

One of former President Trump’s most senior aides took the stand during his trial in New York. Hope Hicks served as Trump’s press secretary during the 2016 campaign and was his White House communications director. She detailed how Trump handled revelations about alleged extramarital affairs and the payments made to bury those stories. William Brangham discussed more with Andrea Bernstein of NPR.

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