CNN 5-3-24 3:07 PM
Hope Hicks started tearing up after the direct examination finished and as Donald Trump's attorney Emil Bove took the podium.
As soon as Bove began, he asked her, "I want to talk to you about your time at the Trump Organization."
Hicks appeared to have become overwhelmed by the moment.
She appeared to be trying to hold back tears and asked for a minute as she reached into her purse. Hicks was audibly sniffling with tears.
She left the courtroom with her attorney and the jury was led out.
As she left, Hicks moved her hair to one side of her neck, lowered her head and quickened her pace slightly as she passed Trump.
Trump remained seated the whole time.
There could be a hundred reasons for Hope’s breakdown. Functioning in the harsh cold reality of Harrrrump’s world for many years would seem to temper one’s emotions like steel. I can’t imagine she all of a sudden found a conscience. Harrump doesn’t appear to be sleeping in court today.