House Democrats finally had the chance Wednesday to question a former member of President Trump’s inner circle about the findings of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report. They didn’t get much.
House Democrats finally had the chance Wednesday to question a former member of President Trump’s inner circle about the findings of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report.Hope Hicks, acting under the direction of the White House, declined to answer questions in the closed-door hearing about her tenure as Trump’s communications director, according to members of the House Judiciary Committee.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the top Republican on the committee, said Democrats knew Hicks would not discuss certain topics before her testimony.Trump went on Twitter to denounce what he called a “rigged House committee,” repeating his charge that he was a victim of partisan investigations. When reporters asked about the meeting in July 2017, Trump directed Hicks to help issue a statement that falsely said the attendees primarily discussed a Russian ban on U.S. citizens adopting Russian children.
One of the battles was over Democrats’ demands to see the full Mueller report, and not the redacted version released to the public in mid-April.
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