Who is Hope Hicks, the former Trump adviser testifying in New York criminal trial?

Hope Hicks, a Trump-era White House adviser and communications director, is next to testify in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial.

Hick's name has been brought up by several witnesses who have testified so far. She is expected to be questioned by prosecutors about her knowledge of the deal brokered between Trump and the leadership at the National Enquirer tabloid to "catch and kill" stories that could harm his presidential run.

Hicks is the ninth witness to testify in Manhattan against the former president. Trump faces 34 felony counts alleging that he falsified New York business records in order to conceal damaging information to influence the 2016 presidential election. Trump claims the trial itself is "election interference" because of how it is disrupting his 2024 bid for president because he must be present in court every day and can't campaign when he is.