Hope Hicks' bombshell has Trump trial headed for a 'fast and furious' end: legal expert

During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday afternoon, attorney Andrew Weissmann stated former Donald Trump White House aide Hope Hicks filled in a big gap in the hush money prosecution case this week.

Speaking with MSNBC host Jen Psaki, the former FBI general counsel claimed the 34-felony count Manhattan trial should accelerate due to Hicks' testimony.

As he explained, "If you recall, until she testified, there was a lot of talk about how he [Trump] did not sign the agreement between Stormy Daniels and essentially Michael Cohen. That there were four signature lines but only three were signed: Donald Trump didn't sign."

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"So there was an issue if Michael Cohen did this on his own and Donald Trump never knew," he elaborated. "She basically made it clear of course he knew and she has a direct statement from him as well as her concern there is no way Michael would not have told him."

"Finally we are going to see this week the sort of the end result of what she is saying which is that he [Trump] reimbursed that $130,000 and, I just want to make it very clear, he is on record in a civil case saying 'I reimbursed Michael Cohen for those hush money payments,'" he continued. "This remains in the case as something that is on paper."

"You can really see the end of this coming up fast and furious with the DA just closing it out on the actual reimbursement scheme, which is something that cannot really be denied credibly by Donald Trump's team," he concluded.

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