Just a reminder, we don't have cameras in the courtroom,
so we're relying on our colleagues who are inside giving
us updates.
And there was that really hectic moment where she started
crying.
But now I'm getting some more clarity from one of
our colleagues inside about exactly what happened.
And it is definitely the most significant moment in this
trial so far.
I'm told that when she was on the stand,
she testified that Trump told her that Michael Cohen made
the payment.
He thought it was a generous thing to do and
that Trump said he was appreciative of the loyalty and
Trump thought it was better to deal with the story
now. Because it would have been bad if the story
had come out before the election and this person is
inside the court said she realized Hope Hicks realized after
she said all that, that she had just likely sunk
him right,
made this case stronger for the prosecution and that is
when she broke down crying.
Now this source inside one of our colleagues says it's
the closest thing to a Perry Mason moment there is
in a white collar case.
So as it was happening live,
I think it was a little hard to follow exactly
what triggered her to break down.
But this is the more coherent.
Narration of exactly what transpired.
Again, an incredibly powerful moment in this trial and one
of the rare moments where the prosecution may have been
able to get their point across to the jury.
Now, of course, she is on cross examination by defense
attorneys.
We're going to try to undo this in the about
30 minutes that they have.
Yeah. Which which may be tough considering her emotional state
and she so she appeared to Paula apologize to the
former president.
So she appears at the time,
at this, in this particular instant,
she appears to have explained what Trump told her about
how Michael made the payment.
He thought it would be generous.
He was appreciative of the loyalty,
and then tie it directly to the election.
And that's when this person said she,
you could tell Hope, just recognize what she had just
done to her former boss.
Now, at one point, she did apologize to the former
president for not calling him President Trump.
But here it appears that what prompted this emotional response,
according to one of our colleagues inside.
Is that hope realized that that piece of testimony that
she had just given was really going to help make
the prosecution's case?