4:22 pm ET, April 25, 2024
Pecker confirms he didn’t say Hope Hicks was at Trump Tower 2015 meeting in government interview
Bove asked Pecker whether he told agents at a July 2018 interview that Hope Hicks attended the August 2015 meeting with Cohen and Trump.
Steinglass objected to this question, and Judge Juan Merchan sustained the objection.
Bove then tries again. Pecker asks to see what Bove is referring to, where he didn’t mention Hicks. Bove is trying to get Pecker to confirm that he did not mention Hicks when he first told prosecutors in 2018 about the August 2015 Trump Tower meeting.
Meanwhile, Trump is sitting with his arms crossed. He and his other attorney Todd Blanche are leaning over to whisper to each other.
The judge, attorneys and Pecker are reviewing a report from a 2018 interview Pecker had with the government.
Bove again seeks to confirm the report does not indicate that Pecker told the government Hicks was at the August 2015 Trump Tower meeting.
Pecker now confirms he didn’t mention Hicks being at the August 2015 Trump Tower meeting in the government interview.
