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1 of 30/  Body Language and Behavior Analysis No. 4741: Todd Blanche's reaction to #DonaldTrump falsely claiming that he can't testify because of his gag order – Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence #BodyLanguage Expert #BodyLanguage #BehaviorAnalysis #TrumpTrial #ToddBlanche

If Nicolle Wallace ever wrote a personal memoir about her exit from the GOP, it'd be massively facinating and an instant bestseller.
I'd wait in line overnight. I've never done that for anything.
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This is what Hope Hicks said about reports of Cohen’s payoff to Stormy Daniels at the end of direct, just before she started crying:

“Mr. Trump’s opinion was it was better to be dealing with it now and that it would have been bad to have that story come out before the election”

🤣🤣🤣 Katie Phang’s reporting is killing me today!
She isn’t even taking a dig! This is actual information that is *in question* so she HAS TO report it!

Hicks: He did not want to use the statement we had drafted, he wanted to write his own - a denial and that we didn't know anything about this deal.
Prosecutor: When you learned that Stormy Daniels would also be in the story, did you talk with Mr. Trump?
Yes

The Daily Beast Donald J. Trump She's been on the witness stand now for just about 20 minutes, and this entire time her eyes are locked on the prosecutor asking questions, Matt Colangelo.

She doesn't turn away for a split second. Even when she takes a sip of water, she stays focused on him and him alone.

#TrumpKnew

As campaign press secretary, “I reported to Mr. Trump,” Hicks says, talking with him every day

How involved was he in press comms?

“He was very involved”

Did he weigh in on media responses?

He did

Now, Hope Hicks dents the notion that Trump was out of the loop of anything in terms of public communication:

'He knew what he wanted to say and how we wanted to say it. We were always following his lead.'

Hicks might have been well cast as the final witness, a totally credible figure who had been loyal to him and then was dismayed even disgusted by 1/6. She was in the Grand Jury and they know what she'll say, and it might include some devastating stuff.

Interesting…

Trump’s eyes are open and he’s looking at Hicks but not smiling at her.

Trump trial news:

'The People call Hope Hicks.'

Justice Merchan addresses Trump's comments yesterday at his end-of-day press conference, falsely claiming he's gagged from testifying.

'I want to stress to Mr. Trump: You have an absolute right to testify at trial.'

The Constitution guarantees that right, he emphasizes.

Trump appears in court, and once the photographers arrive, plunges into his usual pose: leaning forward, hands folded onto the table, eyes sharpened straight ahead.

When they leave, Trump sinks right back into his chair.

Yesterday, Trump said outside the courtroom, “I’m not allowed to testify.”

Merchan told him the gag order applies to “statements that are made outside of court, it does not apply to statements made from the witness stand.”

Judge Merchan starts today’s proceedings by clearing up “any misunderstandings.”

“I want to stress, Mr. Trump, that you have an absolute right to testify at trial,” the judge said, adding that the gag order in no way “limits or minimizes” what Trump can say on the stand.