Prosecutors move deeper into Trump's orbit as testimony in hush money trial enters a third week
Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president’s reaction to a politically damaging recording that surfaced in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign. Hope Hicks is a former White House official and by far the closest Trump associate to have taken the witness stand so far in Manhattan. Her testimony was designed to give jurors an insider’s view of a chaotic and pivotal stretch in the campaign, when a 2005 recording showing him talking about grabbing women without their permission was made public. Testimony resumes Monday as prosecutors get closer to calling their star witness and Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen.