BREAKING: Hope Hicks will testify next week

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Former White House aide Hicks agrees to testify to House panel investigating Trump

Hope Hicks, a top aide to President Trump during his 2016 campaign and his first year in the White House, has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee next Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.

Hicks will be the first former Trump aide to go before the committee investigating whether Trump tried to obstruct a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. But Hicks might not answer many of the panel’s questions, citing the president’s assertion of executive privilege on events that occurred inside the White House.

Earlier this month, the White House instructed Hicks not to cooperate with a congressional subpoena for documents related to her White House service.

Robert Trout, a lawyer for Hicks, declined to comment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-white-house-aide-hicks-agrees-to-testify-to-house-panel-investigating-trump/2019/06/12/6f687f84-8d47-11e9-b162-8f6f41ec3c04_story.html?utm_term=.30ce6d3b0816

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1. Interesting. She seems a true believer to me.

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2. She doesn't want to bankrupt herself with legal fees.

She's also spent enough time with Trump to know he's not going to help her. And she's young and has a future to worry about. Trump is the past for her.

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3. I'm surprised he couldn't pay his way out of it. I imagine his lawyers have all his checkbooks.

[comradebillyboy]

10. He's cheap and she's not a professional sex worker.

[Me.]

4. I Was Hoping You'd Have A THread

because I'd like your opinion on why it will be a closed hearing and do you think holding hearings behind doors does any good to further the cause of bringing these people to justice?

[StarfishSaver]

5. I don't have a problem with it being a closed door hearing

The purpose, at this point, is to get the information she has and to get it on the record. While watching her testify might satisfy the public, this isn't a reality show and it's not entertainment. Right now, Congress needs the information. And if the only way for them to get it is for her to speak to them off-camera (but under oath and on-the-record), I have no problem with it at all.

[Me.]

6. Well I Thought You'd Have A Good Answer

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7. :-)

I hope you found it helpful!

[Me.]

8. And This Just In

"Just in from @RepJerryNadler: Hope Hicks will testify behind closed doors on June 19, Judiciary Committee plans "to make the transcript promptly available to the public.”

[StarfishSaver]

9. And there we have it

But of course, some people won't think this is enough. It's clear that for some, this isn't about fact-finding or justice seeking, but being entertained by the Impeachment Show.