WATCH: Hope Hicks arrives on Capitol Hill for closed-door testimony before the House Judiciary Cmte
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former aide Hope Hicks arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morningDemocrats planned to focus their questions on what they say are five crimes of obstruction of justice established by the Mueller Report against Trump, as well as campaign finance violations stemming from alleged election-year hush money payments.
In a letter sent to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., Tuesday evening, White House counsel Pat Cipollone asserted that Hicks was not legally required to provide testimony regarding her time working in the White House.
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