Madeleine Westerhout, Trump's former aide, broke down in tears on the witness stand as she gave evidence against the former president on Thursday.
Prosecutors took a big risk in having a former aide of Donald Trump testify in his hush-money trial in Manhattan, a New York attorney has said.Janos Marton, who previously ran for Manhattan district attorney, told Newsweek that Madeleine Westerhout's testimony 'didn't move the needle much' for prosecutors, but it was needed to connect Trump to the others involved in an alleged hush-money conspiracy.
'Westerhout ultimately didn't move the needle much for the prosecution, and Trump's lawyer, Susan Necheles, smartly cross-examined her to paint a picture of a Trump operation where he might not have been involved in all of the details around how letters were sent and payments were made.'Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is the first former president in U.S. history to stand trial in a criminal case.
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