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Trump thought 'Access Hollywood' tape was 'pretty standard stuff' guys talked about: Hicks
By Kyle Schnitzer
Hope Hicks testified that Donald Trump thought his comments with Billy Bush in the "Access Hollywood" tape were "pretty standard stuff for two guys chatting with each other."
“I know Mr. Trump felt this wasn’t good," Hicks said, recalling the moment Trump learned about the tape.
She said Trump called it "just two guys talking privately, locker room talk."
"It wasn’t something to get so upset over. He certainly didn’t," Hicks told prosecutors.
She later added, “He felt this was pretty standard stuff for two guys chatting with each other.”
Hicks recalled how she was a "little stunned" about the video that she knew was concerning and would "dominate the news cycle" the next several days.
"Obviously it wasn’t helpful, but there were a lot of layers to it that complicated where we were trying to go with the campaign," Hicks testified about the video, saying it was a "damaging development."
"This was pulling us backwards.”