According to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY), former White House communications director Hope Hicks said behind closed doors on Wednesday that she knew President Trump to be “serious” in his comments about accepting “oppo research” from foreign entities.
“Yesterday, during her transcribed interview, Ms. Hicks made clear that she understood the President to be serious when he said that he would accept foreign interference in our elections,” Nadler wrote in a statement. “She also made clear that even she knew that such foreign assistance should be rejected and reported to the FBI.”
The full transcript of Hicks’ testimony is due out no more than 48 hours after her testimony.
Trump made waves during an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos last week when he said that he’d “listen” to damaging information on his opponents from foreign governments and that he wouldn’t necessarily report it to the FBI. He later (kind of) walked the comment back.
But it’s a hoax right? No collusion!
The White House lawyers present didn’t tackle and gag her before she could respond to the question? That shows either remarkable restraint, or severe dereliction of the duty for which they were assigned.
It’s ok, the Mueller Report already totally exonerated Donnie on all future collusion, bankruptcies, indictments, parking tickets, civil judgements, foreclosures, etc. too…
Interesting that an answer was given to that question…they must somehow think that it doesn’t damage Trump to say that accepting foreign interference is just fine. We can only hope they are that stupid, and do something even more open than happened in 2016, and get caught and smacked down during the campaign.
I want to quickly say before this thread devolves that it’s surprising she was able to get that out, and not surprising in its obvious truth. I’ve never heard him convincingly argue that he understands a thing that helps him could be morally wrong. I don’t think he’s capable of it.