Former White House aide Madeleine Westerhout broke down crying at Donald Trump's hush money trial while she described how she lost her job in the Trump administration.
During testimony Thursday afternoon, Westerhout was asked about Donald Trump's relationship with his wife, Melania.
"Westerhout said they have one of mutual respect, he cared a lot about what she thought, they would laugh a lot," Westerhout said of the relationship, according to Scripps News. "She says they laughed a lot when they came into the Oval Office. Westerhout said Trump would have her call Melania if she was running late."
Lawfare's Tyler McBrien reported that Westerhout described Trump's wife as "in charge" even though Trump was "the boss."
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Westerhout became emotional as she recalled how she lost her White House job.
"Westerhout begins to break down and cry as she recounts the circumstances of her departure from the White House," McBrien wrote from the courthouse. "She had said some things she wasn't supposed to during what she believed to be an off-the-record dinner with a reporter, she says."
"She wipes her tears. She seems genuinely regretful about the whole episode."
Westerhout eventually wrote a book about her time at the White House, Off the Record: My Dream Job at the White House, How I Lost It, and What I Learned.
In the same hearing, the former aide suggested she still sought the former president's acceptance.
After admitting she was not approved to purchase a picture frame, she turned to Trump and said, "Sorry, sir."