Hi there. Its 4 00 in new york. Buckle up. Witness number nine in the people of the state of new york versus donald trump was unlike any moment of this trial weve seen so far, unlike any witness in this trial weve seen. This is a trial thats seen twists and turns and drama. On the stand today, hope hicks, the Silent Trump Insider who was by Donald Trumps side for years from before he ascending down the Escalaors At Trump Tower and during the president s time in white house. A visibly and nervous hope hicks who began to cry as crossexamination began. Hope hicks described the Meltdown Inside Trump world over the release of the access Hollywood Tape. She was the first person in the campaign to know about it when she got an email from a reporter with the Washington Post. He was seeking comment from her. Hicks sent the email to other staffers including Kellyanne Conway and steve bannon. One, need to hear the tape to be sure. Two, deny, deny, deny. Hope hicks said there was consensus the tap
Clashed over this issue of tariffs. The steel and aluminum teariffs he opposed it, the president supported it. Ultimately that was the last straw sources tell us. But cohns departure is one of many white house advisers who left the building in the last several weeks, never mind the last year of the president s administration. It has been a deluge of staffers leaving here and all of this President Trump says is no problem. He says that there is no chaos in this building but rather it is his style of management. Listen to what he had to say yesterday about that. I like conflict. I like having two people with different points of view. I certainly have that. And then i make a decision. I like watching it and seeing it and i think its the best way to go. I like different points of view. That all may be true but just a week ago or weeks ago, gary cohn was one of the people that maybe the president was considering replacing chief of staff john kelly with and here we are gary cohn is out the d
Killed. An American Woman claiming diplomatic immunity at the center of it. I will speak to the victims parents who say that they want her to face up to what she has done. That is all coming up this hour on the daily briefing. First we are keeping an eye on the courthouse right now, two foreignborn associates of Rudy Giuliani expecting to appear before a judge. As they face those Campaign Finance violation charges, their arrests coming as House Investment investigators look for impeachment. And here we have those charges being announced by the prosecutors. Sought to influence not only their own financial interest, but the political interests of at least one foreign official. A Ukrainian Government official who assaulted the dismissal of the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine. And with respect to the last allegation, let me take you through some of the money flow. Contributing 325,000 to committee one, and this contribution was not made in their name. It was made in the name of a corporation t
Welcome to the May 2023 edition of Political Law Playbook. This month’s federal coverage highlights the recent legislative push to force the US Supreme Court to adopt a formal ethics.