Weissmann on Hicks: Her Testimony I Think, Took a Sledgehammer to a Major Defense

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WEISSMANN: "I think your description of her testimony being a body blow is totally accurate. This, I think, took a sledgehammer to a major defense. Prior to her testimony, a big gap in the da’s arsenal was, did Donald Trump know about the payments to Stormy Daniels as hush money payments? The da had conceded he did not sign the actual agreement that Michael Cohen signed and that Stormy Daniels and her lawyers signed but there was a blank with respect to the signature block for the president. Also, Michael Cohen had said with respect to the payments he had sent to Mr. Davidson, maybe I will have to pay on my own. Donald Trump will not pay in advance. There is a lot of concern about how will they Link Donald Trump to the actual hush money payments with respect to Stormy Daniels. David pecker had already given a Link with respect to Karen McDougal at the doorman but the case is really about the Stormy Daniels payments and her picks, a reluctant witness who tearfully said — this is from within the Trump campaign — Donald Trump told her that he was aware that Michael Cohen had made these hush money payments. He tried to say I only learned after the fact. By the way, it doesn’t matter. As long as he learned it and knew it before he was making all of these reimbursement payments, that is good enough."