Hope Hicks keeps mum at House probe
US President Donald Trump’s longtime aide Hope Hicks declined to answer questions about her time in the White House during a nine-hour, closed-door interview with the House intelligence committee, saying she was advised not to. The panel is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and any contacts between Trump’s campaign and Russia. Hicks is a key eyewitness to his actions over the past several years and was his spokesperson during the 2016 presidential campaign. She is nowWhite House communications director.—