Hope Hicks told House Intelligence Committee she was hacked, sources say

[MelissaB]

Source: NBC News

WASHINGTON — Hope Hicks told the House Intelligence Committee last week that one of her email accounts was hacked, according to people who were present for the former White House communications director's testimony in the panel's Russia probe.

Under relatively routine questioning from Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., about her correspondence, Hicks indicated that she could no longer access two accounts: One she used as a member of President Donald Trump's campaign team and a personal account, according to four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the closed meeting of the Intelligence Committee was supposed to remain private.

Hicks, who portrayed herself as not savvy in matters of technology, told lawmakers that one of the accounts was hacked, according to two sources who were in the room. It is unclear if Hicks was referring to a campaign or personal account.

Her assertion of a hack raises the questions of who might have compromised her account, when, why and what information could have been obtained. But there was no indication from any of the sources that those questions were pursued by the committee, which had limited leverage over Hicks because she was appearing voluntarily and not under a subpoena for her testimony or records.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/hope-hicks-told-house-intelligence-committee-she-was-hacked-sources-n854601

[SummerSnow]

1. Liar

[elfin]

3. Right - NO ONE her age isn't "savvy" regarding the net

And they know right away whom to call to solve their problem. Bet she batted her eyes as she feigned girlish incompetence.

[Blue_Adept]

5. That's a really bad sweeping generalization

Email, while still a staple and heavily used, is not anywhere near as used by the younger generation these days. My 15 and 18 year olds have accounts and almost never look at it and barely have an idea how to use it. It's not how they communicate with. Everything they've done through school has been collaborative apps and the like.

[mahannah]

10. ...and sexist

[yonder]

9. "But I was hacked, those emails aren't mine"! "That's not my glove, it's Hillary's!"

Feeling some heat from the Special Counsel are we?

[SoCalMusicLover]

2. LOCK HER UP!!

She should have had a secure email account.

[Sophia4]

4. Yeah, sure.

[UpInArms]

6. Did she say she was a hack?

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n/t

[Skittles]

11. you may need some text to, er, explain your question

[UpInArms]

14. Sorry ... showing my age ...

‘It’s a colloquialism....

hack

noun

an untalented professional.

[C_U_L8R]

7. In other words...

"I deleted the private email accounts that I used when I was Trump's 'buffer'"

Oh paging Director Mueller... your forensic guys have some fun work to do.
There's gotta be a mountain of evidence in there.

[Kablooie]

8. Well, let's see...

If she was using her official .gov account there will be backups so not a problem.

If she was using a private account for government business, first why?
Second, was it backed up anywhere? If not, why?
Who was the email provider? They may have backups.
Third how was she hacked? What information told her she was hacked? Was there a message?
I haven't heard of a hack locking someone out of their email accounts, only full systems.

If she deleted her emails, they will be recoverable unless she physically destroys the drive.
If she had some tech guy permanently erase them then there is a witness and collaborator who could be found.

She probably lying and just doesn't want to turn over her emails.
If she's not it's very likely that the emails will be recovered.
If they can't be, LOCK HER UP!

[Skittles]

12. a COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR for a PRESIDENT who is "NOT SAVVY IN MATTERS OF TECHNOLOGY"

well ALRIGHTY THEN

[BlueIdaho]

15. No No No...

She said she was screwed. It’s obvious she understands she’s headed to the big house for a very long time.

[blugbox]

16. But

Her emails!!!