Hope Hicks Reportedly Told Lawmakers Her Email Account Was Hacked

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Hope Hicks, communication director for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is pictured following a news conference at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of NY, U.S., May 31, 2016.

Under relatively routine questioning from Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., about her correspondence, Hicks indicated that she could no longer access two accounts: one she used as a member of President Donald Trump's campaign team and the other a personal account, according to four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity...

Hope Hicks reportedly told lawmakers late last month that one of her email accounts was hacked. Ms Hicks was seen as one of the only remaining Trump loyalists in the White House, following the departures of former presidential adviser Steve Bannon and Mr Trump's former personal bodyguard, Keith Schiller. It was not clear from the testimony which of the two accounts had been hacked, according to the sources.

Hicks, who has worked for Donald Trump in various capacities since 2014, appeared before the House Intelligence Committee investigating Russian election-meddling on February 28 and was grilled by lawmakers for almost seven hours.

The report raises questions about who compromised her account and what they might have obtained.

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During the testimony, Hicks also admitted to telling "white lies" on behalf of Trump.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said at the time that her resignation had nothing to do with her testimony.

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