Trump’s longtime personal assistant may join Hope Hicks as a witness for NY prosecutors
Hope Hicks won't be the only member of former President Donald Trump's inner circle who will testify at the upcoming New York hush money trial.
ABC News reports that longtime Trump personal assistant Rhona Graff will be one of prosecutors' witnesses at the trial, along with Madeleine Westerhout, his former director of Oval Office operations.
In addition to these witnesses, prosecutors at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office are expected to call one-time Trump Organization accounting department staffer Deborah Tarasoff and former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney.
The trial will also feature former Trump "fixer" Michael Cohen, the man who actually went to jail for making hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels that prosecutors determined were an illegal contribution to Trump's 2016 campaign.
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Many legal observers had expressed reservations about relying on Cohen as a witness given that he perjured himself during congressional testimony and has a clear axe to grind against his one-time boss.
Prosecutors seem to have taken these concerns to heart given that they are not only calling upon Cohen but longtime trusted members of Trump's inner circle.
"Prosecutors have not publicly released a witness list, and the sources cautioned the decision to call someone to testify is subject to change before the trial, which is set to begin April 15," notes ABC News. "A spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney's office declined to comment to ABC News about the prospective witnesses. Lawyers for the other potential witnesses either declined to comment or did not return requests for comment."
