Report: Mueller Will Interview Hope Hicks After Trump Returns From Asia Trip

White House Director of Strategic Communications Hope Hicks steps off Air Force One after arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Friday, June 9, 2017. President Donald Trump is spending the... White House Director of Strategic Communications Hope Hicks steps off Air Force One after arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Friday, June 9, 2017. President Donald Trump is spending the weekend at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) MORE LESS
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Special counsel Robert Mueller will interview White House communications director Hope Hicks, and other members of President Donald Trump’s administration, after Trump returns from his upcoming trip to Asia, Politico reported Tuesday afternoon.

Politico reported, citing multiple unnamed sources familiar with the schedule, that Mueller’s team will interview “three or four other current White House officials,” possibly as soon as this week.

Mueller’s team will interview Hicks in mid-November, according to Politico, after Trump returns from a 12-day trip to Asia.

“Nothing about recent events alters the White House’s commitment to fully cooperate with the office of the special counsel,” Ty Cobb, a member of Trump’s legal team, told Politico on Tuesday.

Mueller has already interviewed former members of Trump’s administration, including former press secretary Sean Spicer and former chief of staff Reince Priebus.

On Monday, Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business associate Rick Gates pleaded not guilty to 12 counts, including conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy against the U.S. and making false statements.

According to court documents that were unsealed Monday, Trump’s former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty earlier in October to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian nationals, which he told members of Trump’s campaign about.

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  1. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    Does she even speak? No one has ever heard her speak. DONT LIE TO THE FBI!

  2. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    She was Trump’s gatekeeper during the campaign and took dictation from him on his tweets. No doubt she knows where many of the bodies are buried. Should be a very compelling interview, especially with the ammo Mueller already has amassed.

    At only 29 years of age and with a full life ahead, definitely not a good idea to lie to Mueller. Trump cannot be pleased with this development.

  3. Henceforth Hottie Hope Hicks Hopes Her Hirsute Hero Has Huge Hidden Hideaway

  4. Avatar for cd cd says:

    In light of yesterday’s revelations and clear conspiracy to use foreign funds to impact an election, when do we get to start questioning the legitimacy of the election and the current government in some real sense as a country?

    can we let a farcical election/government remain? If we do, what does that mean for the “rule of law”?

    if repubes support tRUmp over the rule of law, then in my opinion the viability of the nation is at stake, there will be no legal recourse for those of us who do not support a government installed by a hostile foreign power. laws will be worth less than the paper they are written on. we are at a precipice.

  5. Avatar for bob bob says:

    Mueller needs to put the screws to her, she knows more than what she lets on.

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