Ex-Trump aide admits 'pathological liar' ex-president made her lie about his scandals

  (Raw Story) : Lying for former President Donald Trump's was compulsory. That's according to Sarah Matthews, a former Trump White House deputy press secretary. She discussed her experience, in light of Trump's trusted aide Hope Hicks testifying in open court for his criminal hush money case today — that she and others adopted a messaging strategy that was to take the 45th president at his word and then hang on for dear life. "It's just obvious that Donald Trump is a pathological liar," Matthews told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace. "It's not surprising he would tell his staff these things." ALSO READ: Trump vs. history: Former presidents typically implode on their comeback tours "They're serving him and they spread these lies, whether they did so knowingly or unknowingly." She was referring to Hicks being forced to be the sacrificial mouthpiece when a Wall Street Journal article was inquiring about hush money paid to Playboy ex-playmate Karen McDougal, who alleged she carried on an affair with Trump. Hicks, always playing the good soldier, did the denying dance. “We have no knowledge of any of this,” she said, referring to an agreement involving McDougal and the National Enquirer buying the story rights. Hicks also said any suggestion of an affair between McDougal and Trump was “totally untrue.” Hicks explained in court today that she was taking orders and trusted Trump. "We were all just following his lead,” she said. “He knew what he wanted to say and how he wanted to say it.” Matthews explained that she has "a little bit ..