In an administration rocked by staff shakeups, resignations and infighting, Hope Hicks is a survivor.
The 29-year-old White House communications director has been a steady hand at the center of Donald Trump�s campaign and presidency, outlasting a rotating cast of political operatives and weighing in on everything from which media interviews to grant to the administration�s response to allegations of Russian collusion.
�She has a great �Trump radar� [in] understanding how he thinks...She loves him like a father in some ways, and I think that is an important loyalty to the family,� Brad Parscale, digital director for Trump�s 2016 campaign, told Newsweek.
Now, that allegiance is being tested because federal investigators have sought to interview her as part of special counsel Robert Mueller�s wide-ranging Russia investigation. The White House didn�t immediately respond Wednesday to questions about Hicks's status in the federal inquiries, and her personal attorney, Robert Trout, declined comment. But she is one of the few people who could provide deep insight into the president�s thinking�and, moreover, his reactions to the scandal that looms over his presidency.
So what do we think?
Will Hope Hicks crack under pressure from Robert Mueller, or will she stay loyal to "Daddy?"
Whatever happens this whole thing just gets creepier every day.
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