Former prosecutor and current MSNBC host Katie Phang had little sympathy for Hope Hicks during a discussion over the tearful testimony given by the former Donald Trump White House aide on Friday in a Manhattan courtroom.
During an appearance on "The Alex Witt Show," on Saturday, Phang stopped just short of cursing while bluntly stating "I have no sympathy for her" when talking about Hicks who was appearing as a prosecution witness in Trump''s hush money trial where he is facing 34 felony counts.
With multiple commentators expressing concern over the torment Hicks appears to be suffering for having to testify against the man that she reportedly still admires, Phang wasn't having it.
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"I don't have any sympathy for her and I will stand true with the idea that I don't know why she cried and I don't really care," she exclaimed. "She chose to go back to the Trump orbit. She was treated as family, she knew what he was all about in the public and private worlds of Donald Trump and she was subpoenaed to appear. "
"It is not like she volunteered to show up," she added. "So, in my opinion, you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. I mean there's nobody with clean hands in this. In my opinion, I don't think Hope Hicks deserves any sympathy."
"What about the thousands of Americans that were damaged by the Trump administration and the fact that she went back to try to help him get another run at it 2020? It is galling to me. And so, tough — stuff, " she continued after she appeared to want to use another word. "You had to show up, Hope Hicks, but I will give her some small modicum of credit that it seems to me she told the truth."
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