2X defense tried to object to the prosecutor asking #HopeHicks whether it would have been in character for #MichaelCohen to have paid the #HushMoney w/o telling #Trump. The judge overruled the objections.
The testimony goes directly to Trump being behind the payment to #StormyDaniels, not Cohen.
Then, Hicks bolsters another part of the state's case, saying that it would have been bad if the scandal came out before the election.