Maggie Haberman of The New York Times broke the news of Hope Hicks' resignation as White House Communications Director.
Hicks' resignation comes a day after testifying for 8 hours in front of the House Intelligence Committee which is looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election. During this testimony, Hicks admitted to telling "white lies" on behalf of Trump while claiming those white lies did not include Russian involvement.
But Haberman notes in the article that her testimony wasn't a factor in Hicks' resignation. Haberman later took to Twitter and stated:
Hope Hicks departure is NOT about yesterday's hearing, per multiple
sources. She had planned it before, had been thinking about it for
months. She had informed a very small number of people prior to Hill
hearing that she planned to leave.
My B.S. detector thinks otherwise. Hicks might have thought of leaving, but eight hours of testimony undoubtedly spurred her to action. Now I don't doubt there are multiple sources who told Haberman that Hicks was planning to leave. But I suspect these sources are friends of Hicks and are giving her cover.
But let's say for argument's sake that Hicks was, in fact, planning to leave. She could not have picked a worse time to break this news. It does neither her nor the Trump Administration any favors. All the more reason to believe that her time in camera made her want to go out of camera and not a moment too soon.
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