Hope Hicks expected to testify before House panel probing potential obstruction of justice by the president
She did not answer when asked how she would respond to committee questions.
"Because of this constitutional immunity and in order to protect the prerogatives of the Office of President, the President has directed Ms. Hicks not to answer questions before the Committee relating to the time of her service as a senior adviser to the President," White House counsel Pat Cipollone wrote.
"Much of Ms. Hicks's work during this period involved discussions with the President-elect and his staff relating to the decisions the President-elect would be making once he assumed office," Cipollone wrote."Accordingly, her responses to specific questions about this period would likely implicate executive branch confidentiality interests concerning that decision-making process.
Documents related to Hicks' time in the White House and presidential transition were not turned over, Trout maintained, arguing the decision to release documents originating with the White House and transition"is not hers to make.
A House Judiciary Committee aide suggested the panel would not find it acceptable for Hicks not to answer any questions about her time in the White House.
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