Democrats plan to ask Hope Hicks about hush money to silence affair allegations against Trump
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee plan to question President Donald Trump's long-time confidante Hope Hicks Wednesday about her knowledge of the hush-money scheme to silence Trump's extramarital affairs in the run-up to the 2016 elections, according to a committee aide.
The revelation signals renewed interest on Capitol Hill over the President being implicated in felonies committed by former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, after the panel has been mostly focused until now over the allegations detailed in special counsel Robert Mueller's report on obstruction of justice.
At Wednesday's closed hearing, Hicks also will face questions about episodes detailed in the Mueller report that she had knowledge of or had witnessed first-hand, the aide said.
Among the topics Democrats plan to ask Hicks: Trump's conduct surrounding his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn; Trump's demands to ask the then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to un-recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller probe; the President's actions surrounding the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey; Trump's efforts to dismiss Mueller from overseeing the probe; and allegations the President sought to curtail the Mueller probe.
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