Ex-Donald Trump aide Hope Hicks tells court the former US president asked her to deny affair with Stormy Daniels

Donald Trump 's former top aide Hope Hicks says she was told to deny his affair with porn star Stormy Daniels .

Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges of falsifying business records to cover up a $US130,000 payment made at that time to Ms Daniels, who was threatening to go public with her story of their 2006 sexual encounter. Prosecutors said Mr Trump falsified records to cover up election-law and tax-law violations, which elevates the 34 counts he faces from a misdemeanour to a felony punishable by up to four years in prison.

Ms Hicks said the campaign was rattled by the public release of an audio recording from the Access Hollywood TV show in which Mr Trump bragged about grabbing women's genitals."Mr Trump felt like this wasn't good, but it was also just like two guys talking, locker-room talk," she testified.The 12 jurors and six alternates have yet to hear from the main players in the case, including Ms Daniels and Mr Cohen.

Mr Trump said his legal team would try to overturn the gag order, which bars him from making public comments about jurors, witnesses, and families of the judge and prosecutors if those statements are meant to interfere with the case.

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