WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – The White House has asked Hope Hicks, a former close associate of President Donald Trump, not to hand over documents to the House Judiciary Committee regarding his move into administration. declared a source close to the file. Reuters.
On May 21, Judicial Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler summoned Hicks and another White House collaborator to search for evidence and documents related to the committee's investigation into whether the President had prevented the investigation of the special adviser, Robert Mueller, to interfere in the 2016 US election and contacts between the Trump campaign team. and Moscow.
A Hicks lawyer did not immediately respond to Reuters' inquiries.
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Hicks and her sister, Mary Grace, were successful role models for teens. Hicks posed for Ralph Lauren and made the cover of "It Girl", a derivative of the hit book and television series "Gossip Girl".
Hicks and her sister, Mary Grace, were successful role models for teens. Hicks posed for Ralph Lauren and made the cover of "It Girl", a derivative of the hit book and television series "Gossip Girl".
Hicks met with Patriarch Trump and "quickly gained his trust," Ivanka Trump told the New York Times for a spokesperson profile for June 2016.
In January 2015, Trump called Hicks in her office on the 26th floor of the Trump Tower and told her that she was joining her presidential campaign. "I think it is" the year of the underdog. "It's helpful to have people with a foreign perspective," said Trump.
Hicks had no political experience, but his roots in public relations are deep. The two grandfathers worked in public relations and his father, Paul, was the executive vice-president of the NFL for communications and public relations. He was also elected to the municipal selection from 1987 to 1991. Greenwich proclaimed April 23, 2016 the Paul B. Hicks III Day.
Hicks began working on what would become Trump's campaign five months before Trump announced his presidency after making a golden escalator famous in the lobby of his tower on June 16, 2015.
That makes Hicks the member of the campaign that has persisted in Trump's inner circle the longest. She survived her first campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, and several senior advisers.
His relatives describe Hicks as a friendly and loyal fighter. Trump has described it as "natural" and "exceptional".
Journalists who worked with Hicks said they were polite, but expressed frustration that it was often inaccessible during the election campaign, did not respond to requests for comment, or denied access to the candidate.
She said her mother, Caye, had told her to write a book about her experience with Trump, such as "Primary Colors," a fictional novel describing President Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign. "You do not even know," she said to her mother.
During the campaign, Hicks spent most of his days responding to requests and questions from reporters – and even taking dictation from Trump to post his tweets.
During the election campaign, Hicks remained in a free apartment in a Trump building, although she often goes home to her parents' home in Connecticut when she could.
These days, she is in Washington. Trump appointed her as the Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Communications in December.
She still flies under the radar, sending the spotlight back to Trump. The then-elected president called her at the microphone for her to speak at a thank-you rally in December.
It has been said that she can act as a kind of Trump whisperer, understanding her many moods and professionally performing what needs to be done. She always calls her only "Sir" or "Mr. Trump".
"If the acting profession does not work, I could really see myself in politics," Hicks told Greenwich Magazine at the age of 13. "Who knows."
In June, the White House released information on the salaries of 377 staff members. Hicks receives the maximum amount that one of Trump's aides receives: $ 179,700.
Hicks is doing just as much as Trump's former chief of staff, Reince Priebus, chief strategist Steve Bannon, former press secretary Sean Spicer, senior advisor Kellyanne Conway, policy advisor Stephen Miller, and Communications Manager Omarosa Manigault
Some family members and friends have expressed concern that Mr. Hicks is so closely linked to a president whose policies and statements are unpopular with a large number of Americans, but who are hopeful that she will come out unscathed. .
"It's just not possible for a camera, episode or documentary to capture what happened – there's nothing like it," Hicks told Marie Claire in June 2016. "It's the most incredible and inspiring thing ever."
In August, Trump asked Hicks to become the new Interim Director of White House Communications, a job that Michael Dubke, Sean Spicer and Anthony Scaramucci occupied and left in the first six months of his tenure. The White House will announce who will occupy this position permanently "at the appropriate time".
Hicks, 28, is the youngest director of communication in history.
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Under separate subpoenas, Hicks and Annie Donaldson, a former White House lawyer, faced filing delays at 10:00 am EDT (2 pm GMT). The committee also scheduled separate hearings with former assistants later this month.
Donaldson did not answer a question from Reuters asking for information about his cooperation with the committee.
The committee is seeking documents from Hicks on dozens of topics ranging from the FBI's investigation on former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn to the resignation of James Comey as director of the FBI and to the appointment of Mueller.
(Report by Steve Holland, David Morgan and Doina Chiacu, edited by Steve Orlofsky)
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