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BREAKING: The White House intervenes to block Hope HICKS from answering questions 155 times, per a 273 page transcript compiled by the House Judiciary Committee.
Two of the only questions the White House let Hicks answer about her tenure: was it sunny or cloudy on your first day? And where did you normally eat lunch? politico.com/story/2019/06/…
HICKS said she last spoke to Trump in April but has spoken to him 5-10 times since leaving the White House. politico.com/story/2019/06/…
HICKS also said her April discussion with Trump was over dinner. But it was mostly "reminiscent." Lawyers objected to her answering whether they discussed the congressional investigations. politico.com/story/2019/06/…
HICKS makes a reference to "Inception" while White House lawyers say they'll block her from answering anything about her Mueller interviews.

"I'm answering questions
about interviews and interviews and interviews."
Looks like HICKS accidentally answered a (minor) question about her White House tenure.
HICKS gave some serious attitude to Dem lawyer Norm Eisen when he asked her about the oppo research file on Trump that the campaign obtained.: "We have this thing called Google now."
THE LATEST: HICKS spent nearly 8 hours clinging closely to WH attorneys' demands ... as Democrats ticked through a lengthy, detailed and at times monotonous recitation of questions they knew the answer to: 'Objection.'

w/ @desiderioDC

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NEWS: McGahn deputy Annie Donaldson refused to answer 212 questions about her Mueller testimony at the direction of the White House. Story TK

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NEW: Annie DONALDSON said the WH blocked her from answering Mueller-related questions 212 times, and she couldn't "independently" recall answers to another 15 questions.

Another witness with little to say to the House Judiciary Committee. w/ @desiderioDC

politico.com/story/2019/07/…
@desiderioDC DONALDSON invoked the "confidentiality interests" of the Executive Branch in refusing to answer Democrats' questions.

This is different than the "absolute immunity" claim that White House lawyers invoked for Hope Hicks last month. politico.com/story/2019/07/…
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NEW: GOP allies of President Trump are hoping to use his Capitol Hill testimony to raise doubts about his report and his integrity. A look at their strategy — and how Mueller might fend them off, w/ @MZanona @dsamuelsohn @NatashaBertrand

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Members like Matt Gaetz, Devin Nunes and Andy Biggs are among the 25 Republicans who get to grill Mueller next month.

Louie Gohmert has hated Mueller for more than a decade and told us he considers Mueller an “anal opening.” He’ll also get five minutes. politico.com/story/2019/07/…
The toughest questions, though, are likely to come from Rep. Jim JORDAN, who plans to press Mueller on when he determined not to charge any Americans with conspiring with Russia and whether the bias of Pete Strzok influenced the probe. politico.com/story/2019/07/…
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JUST IN: The Ethics Committee has launched an investigation into Rep. GAETZ for refusing to cooperate with initial inquiries about his veiled threat to reveal embarrassing information about Michael Cohen. Story TK.
Reached for comment, Gaetz didn't sound like he intends to cooperate with this new probe either:

"If members of Congress want to spend their time psychoanalyzing my tweets, it’s certainly their prerogative. I won’t be joining them in the endeavor. Too busy. “
NEW: A formal House Ethics Committee's investigation of Matt Gaetz was launched today after he blew off the panel's initial May 16 inquiry about this since-deleted tweet. politico.com/story/2019/06/…
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