Former Trump aide Hope Hicks told lawmakers Wednesday that President Trump’s statement about accepting political dirt on his 2020 opponents from foreign entities was troubling and that she believed he was “serious” when he said it, according to a written statement by House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.).
Nadler offered details about Hicks’s closed-door interview – a transcript of which is expected to be released later this week – in his prepared opening remarks for a hearing Thursday focused on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
“His invitation to foreign actors is so alarming that even one of his most loyal former aides, Hope Hicks, knew that the president’s statement was troubling,” read a copy of Nadler’s prepared opening statement.
“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 continued. “She also made clear that even she knew that such foreign assistance should be rejected and reported to the FBI.”
Nadler did not read the line from the statement when he delivered his remarks Thursday, however.
“We heard some relevant testimony about this in the Hicks interview yesterday and we will be releasing that transcript soon,” he said instead when referencing Trump’s remarks on accepting foreign dirt.
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JUST IN: Judiciary chair says Hope Hicks broke with Trump on accepting foreign dirt https://t.co/ETqdNcoyg9 pic.twitter.com/d87eS9U4hM
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