June 21, 2019

HOUSE JUDICIARY RELEASES HOPE HICKS TESTIMONY TRANSCRIPT


  • The House Judiciary Committee released a 273-page transcript of former White House communications director Hope Hicks’s testimony.
  • Hicks largely defended President Donald Trump and the activities during the 2016 presidential campaign.
  • Her lawyers refused to let her answer more than 150 questions about her work in the White House, citing immunity on the topic.

The House Judiciary Committee released a transcript Thursday of former White House communications director Hope Hicks’s closed-door testimony.

Hicks mostly defended President Donald Trump and members of the Trump campaign during an eight-hour interview Wednesday. She disputed the idea that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government, and also said she had no advance knowledge WikiLeaks would release emails that had been stolen from Democrats during the campaign.

Hicks, who is a communications executive at Fox, also said she had no discussions prior to the 2016 election about hush money payments made on behalf of Trump. Days before the election, Michael Cohen, a former attorney for Trump, paid $130,000 to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who claimed she had an affair with Trump in 2006.

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