Former White House communications director Hope Hicks has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on June 19, the committee announced Wednesday.
Why it matters: Hicks will be the first former Trump official to appear before a Democratic committee investigating whether the president attempted to obstruct justice. However, Hicks may decline to answer certain questions if the president asserts executive privilege over events relating to her time in the White House.
- Last week, the president instructed Hicks not to turn over documents related to her time in the administration, in defiance of a subpoena from the committee.
Details: The “transcribed interview” will “include questions related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and efforts by President Trump, his associates, and other Administration officials to obstruct justice and investigations into Presidential misconduct,” per the statement.
View the complete June 12 article by Alayna Treene on the Axios website here.