Can’t a woman just use the restroom in peace? Apparently not. Watch how reporters hounded Hope Hicks as she took a break for testifying behind closed doors in the House today to make a trip to the ladies room:
Hope Hicks is out of her closed-door hearing with the House Judiciary Committee. She was being followed by reporters asking questions and this happened. #BathroomBreak pic.twitter.com/OQljHPMt6X
— Christal Hayes (@Journo_Christal) June 19, 2019
And as for her actually testimony, Dems are in a complete meltdown over it:
“It’s pretty ridiculous,” says Rep. @KarenBassTweets, saying the White House lawyer inside the Hope Hicks interview is objecting to lots of questions.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 19, 2019
UPDATE: Rep. Jayapal says the Hicks interview is a “farce.” Says White House lawyer’s won’t even let her say if she told the truth to Mueller, where she sat inside the West Wing and won’t formally claim privilege despite refusing to answer questions.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 19, 2019
UPDATE 2: NADLER says Hicks *is* answering some questions, doesn’t seem as exercised as other Democrats about stonewalling.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 19, 2019
JAYAPAL also said lawyers objected to Hicks discussing episodes that occurred *after* she left the White House. “Basically, she can say her name,” Jayapal vented, adding that she considers Hicks responsible for choosing to follow the lawyers’ objections.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 19, 2019
SWALWELL says the first hour of questioning just ended, he won’t characterize what happened yet “out of respect for the process … and the witness.”
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 19, 2019
TED LIEU says “We’re watching obstruction of justice in action” and says the White House is “making crap up” to block her from testifying.
Lieu says she is providing some new information about her time on the campaign but wouldn’t say what it was yet.
Republicans now asking Qs.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 19, 2019
CICILLINE says Hicks answered a couple questions about hush payments but the issue hasn’t been fully probed.
– She answered questions about campaign meetings in which Wikileaks was discussed.
-She expressed no regret and did not admit any of her public statements were false.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 19, 2019
There will be a transcript released so we can see just what has Dems so pissed. To be continued…
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