The people call #HopeHicks, Matthew #Colangelo, one of the prosecutors, says.

She is visibly uncomfortable. She is testifying under subpoena. She says she's "nervous.”

Hope Hicks refers to #Trump as “Mr. Trump.” Notably, she says she’s paying for her own lawyer. She says the last time she spoke to Trump was summer or fall of 2022.

That was around the time when text messages she exchanged w/a colleague criticizing the #Jan6 attack were made public.

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial

Oy.

Via Josh Gerstein;

JUST IN: #SCOTUS signals it may undermine more common #Jan6 charges as justices ask DOJ to respond to petition challenging 'disorderly or disruptive' charges v. Russell Alford. DC Cir ruled charges valid even for nonviolent protesters.

DOJ had deemed Alford's petition unworthy of a response, but today #SCOTUS asked for one