UPDATE: During closed-door congressional hearing today, Hope Hicks refused to answer questions about her time in the Trump White House, lawmakers say.
Republican Member: Ms. Hicks, did you previously testify before Congress?Ridiculous DOJ Attorney: OBJECTION!He told reporters outside the room that the White House was preventing Hicks from talking about anything related to her tenure there, though she was answering questions about her time on the campaign.
"The White House is just making stuff up, and they’re not asserting executive privilege, which actually is a thing. They’re afraid to assert it," he added."So we wanna go to court, we’re gonna win, and then we’re just gonna make Hope Hicks come back again and actually answer the questions during her tenure in the White House."In a letter sent to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y.
Technically, the legal basis on which the White House has instructed Hicks not to answer — “testimonial immunity” — is one that has been cited by presidents going back decades. The Department of Justice has argued it represents a separation of powers issue: Congress can’t compel the president to come answer its questions, it says, so it should not be able to compel his close advisers.
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