Ex-Trump aide Hope Hicks to appear before House Judiciary next week

President Donald J. Trump waves beside White House Communications Director Hope Hicks as he walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One to depart from the South Lawn of the White House on March 29, 2018. - Copyright Jabin Botsford The Washington Post via Getty Images file

By Alex Moe and Adam Edelman with NBC News Politics

Published on 12/06/2019 - 23:11

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Hicks will be interviewed by committee on June 19 behind closed doors.

WASHINGTON — Former White House aide Hope Hicks has agreed to testify privately before the House Judiciary Committee next week, chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., announced Wednesday.

Hicks will appear before the committee on June 19 for a closed door interview.

Hicks would be the first former Trump aide to appear before the committee, which is investigating several matters regarding President Donald Trump's administration, including whether the president or anyone close to him obstructed the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. She was previously subpoenaed by the committee to appear publicly.

The news was first reported by The Washington Post.

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