He served as counsel to the House Judiciary Committee for the first impeachment and trial of then-President Donald Trump.
It’s a cliché to say that electricity surged through a courtroom — but it did when Hope Hicks took the stand Friday morning for her testimony in the election interference trial of former President Donald Trump.
Even Hicks, who was the Trump campaign’s press secretary for the 2016 presidential election at issue in the case, seemed to feel the significance of the moment.
Who from Trump world wouldn’t be when appearing for the prosecution to testify against “the boss” who has a criminal conviction at stake.
That is because as special counsel for the first Trump impeachment, I took her testimony on the alleged 2016 election influence scheme.
Trump appeared to nod off repeatedly, including during Hicks’ testimony about how she first learned of the Daniels story.
Asleep or awake, for Trump, Hicks’ testimony was a nightmare. »