Hope Hicks won't answer questions about the White House in congressional interview

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Democratic Rep. davidcicilline on the White House’s claim of absolute immunity: “We don't have a king. We have a President who is subjected to the laws of this country. And absolute immunity doesn't exist.”

White House attorneys are objecting to all questions related to the White House, Democrats say, all the way down to where Hicks sat in the West Wing. But Hicks is answering questions about her time on the Trump campaign, which is not covered by executive privilege.RELATED: She stopped returning some of Trump's calls.

The White House's objections to Democrats' questions were expected, as White House Counsel Pat Cipollone sent the House panel a letter Tuesday evening arguing that Hicks was immune from testifying about her time at the White House as one of the President's senior advisers, citing executive privilege protections."Because of this constitutional immunity, and in order to protect the prerogatives of the Office of President, the President has directed Ms.

 

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JohnBerman no I think that's the Democratic strategy is drag out their Russian hoax story and subpoenasfor as long as they can with the help of the mainstream media! what a joke

JohnBerman I can’t wait to see the upcoming Sht show on the side that created this whole “fake witch hunt”. It’s the best reality tv of our lifetimes. People about to go down....very bad. They all thought Hillary was going to win and covered up the lies. LOL! CNN avoids the facts.

davidcicilline WHY WASN'T SHE IMMEDIATELY HELD IN CONTEMPT? I am a life long Dem, but your inability to hold ANYONE'S FEET TO THE FIRE on this is making me think the entire party is WEAK. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.. What would the GOP have done today? GOOD GOD MAN. We've had enough

jentaub davidcicilline Wah, wah wah!!! The Seargant-At-Arms should have been ordered to take her into custody.

davidcicilline Erin your husband called. He wants you to come right away and help count his money.

davidcicilline Wow porking out Dave?

davidcicilline Well, Trump is ignoring the laws and getting away with it so far. When will that end?

davidcicilline What about Queen Hillary Clinton? Is she above the law! CrookedHillary

davidcicilline I will register Trump as an international criminal for his border crimes, ANY country can arrest him.

davidcicilline It's the munchkin brigade! Nadler, Cicilline

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davidcicilline You don't know what you are talking about; Trump is reading the constitution like crazy. He knows most of these folks barely read the constitution

davidcicilline Would it be possible for Congress to call upon all persons that received full or partial immunity in relation to the Mueller probe?

davidcicilline lock her up. she will start talking.

davidcicilline The only President that thought he was King was Obama. He was the one in bed with Putin. When I'm I'm re-elected I can do more. DO MORE WHAT? Let the dnc get hacked Let a criminal like Bradley Manning go free with a pardon Get a border agent killed because of fast and Furious.

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davidcicilline Seems pretty evident the only ones that arn't being talked about are DNC AND DRMOCRATS INVOLVED IN THE FRAUD,ARE THE ONES THAT WILL FACE JUSTICE. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GUILTY OF BREAKING LAWS AND CAUSING AMERICA TO BECOME UNSAFE.THEY ARE GOING TO PRISON. Military tribrunals

davidcicilline Then the Dems need to get on and DO something about it!!!

davidcicilline Lock Hicks up if she doesn't answer the questions.

davidcicilline Apparently, none of it matters, because he blatantly breaks laws every day. Yet, there he sits

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Hope Hicks Refuses to Answer Questions on Time in White HouseWhite House lawyers accompanied Hope Hicks to a closed-door interview on Capitol Hill and instructed her not to answer any questions about her time working for President Trump. The assertion of immunity from congressional questions may well result in yet another court battle. That's right. Who's paying for these lawyers? Asking for a friend... Based on the NY Times article below, plagiarist Meredith McIver did as much for trump as Hope Hicks – maybe more. She’s “heard everything, and taken good notes,” says trump. Congress and the press need to finally hear from/lay eyes on this accomplice.
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