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(1) A Spotlight On Hope Hicks.
(2) Her full name is Hope Charlotte Hicks.
(3) She was born on October 21, 1988.

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(4) She may have a Facebook profile, although it could just as easily be a fake

facebook.com/hope.hicks.927
(5) She may also have an Instagram profile, which is set to private.

instagram.com/hopecharlotteh…
(6) She has a profile on Open Secrets.

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(7) Her parents are Paul Burton Hicks III and Caye Ann Hicks (neé Cavender).

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(8) They both attended a speech by President Ronald Reagan to a joint session of Congress in 1981, which is how they met.

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(9) Now, I am not guaranteeing this, but President Reagan did an economic speech to Congress separate to the State of the Union in 1981. This could be the speech.

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(10) They married on May 16, 1982.

nytimes.com/1982/05/16/sty…
(11) Paul worked as a legislative assistant for Representative Stewart B. McKinney in 1982.

nytimes.com/1982/05/16/sty…
(12) During this time, Paul Manafort got to know Paul.

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(13) Over the years, Paul eventually became the regional CEO of Ogilvy Public Relations.

courant.com/politics/hc-ho…
(14) He then became the Executive Vice President for the National Football League, reporting to the NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell.

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(15) During this time, he dealt with player safety issues and Deflategate.

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(16) This is a photograph of Paul Hicks stood in front of the National Football League logo.
(17) After this, he became the managing director of the Glover Park Group.

gpg.com/team/paul-hick…
(18) Caye Ann worked as a legislative assistant for Representative Ed Jones in 1982.

nytimes.com/1982/05/16/sty…
(19) Hope has a sister, Mary Grace, whom she lived with for many years. She works as a paramedic.

nytimes.com/2016/06/26/sty…
(20) This is a photograph of the Hicks family.

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(21) As a child, Hope resided in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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(22) While growing up, she briefly became the co-star in a Nickelodeon children's television special about golf.

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(23) She worked as a Ralph Lauren model when she was 11-years-old.

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(24) She was once photographed by Bruce Weber in a campaign for Naturalizer shoes.

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(25) She also became the face of the Hourglass Adventures.

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(26) Here are four separate covers of the book series featuring Hope.
(27) In 2002, Hope was featured on the cover of Greenwich magazine.

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(28) In 2005, Hope was used for the front cover of the novel "The It Girl", which was a part of the Gossip Girl franchise.

women.com/laurawagner/li…
(29) She also made a cameo on "Guiding Light".

huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hope-hic…
(30) She also read lines for a film role with Alec Baldwin.

nytimes.com/2016/06/26/sty…
(31) In 2006, Hope graduated from Greenwich High School.

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(32) She swam at the Greenwich Country Club.

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(33) She played lacrosse and was captain of her team, coached by Liz Holmes.

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(34) She was also coached by Kylie Burchell, where Hope maintained a strict no-alcohol policy.

gq.com/story/hope-hic…
(35) She played in a team with Kerri Dezell.

nypost.com/2015/09/25/mee…
(36) In 2008, Hope registered as a Republican.

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(37) In September 2008, Hope attended the opening for Mis en Scene. She took a photograph with Mary Grace Hicks and Lou Hicks.

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(38) In October 2009, she helped with the Open House at Dallas Pi Phi Alumnae Club.

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(39) In December 2010, Hope graduated from Southern Methodist University.

smu.edu/EnrollmentServ…
(40) Hope's first job after graduation was at the New York City firm, Zeno Group.

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(41) In February 2011, Hope and her father met Alec Baldwin randomly at Super Bowl XLV, between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.

nytimes.com/2016/06/26/sty…
(42) This led to her being introduced to Matthew Hiltzik for the first time, whose clients included Alec Baldwin.

nytimes.com/2016/06/26/sty…
(43) In 2012, Hope joined Matthew's New York City firm, Hiltzik Strategies, which helped represent many of Donald Trump's business ventures.

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(44) Her boss had worked with both Hillary Clinton and Harvey Weinstein previously.

washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost…
(45) During this time, Hope retweeted articles by Jose Antonio Vargas, arguing to change the word "illegals" to "undocumented".

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(46) She also retweeted support for gun control and a statement by President Obama after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT.

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(47) Her Twitter account was formerly HopeCharlotteH, which has since been deleted.

(48) She may be a Justin Bieber fan.
(49) During her job, Hope was dispatched to help one of Hiltzik Strategies' clients - Ivanka Trump.

gq.com/story/hope-hic…
(50) She did modelling for Ivanka's fashion line.

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(51) She became close friends with Ivanka because of this relationship.

courant.com/politics/hc-ho…
(52) In August 2014, due to her connection with Ivanka, Hope was hired to work at the Trump Organization directly as the Director of Communications.

washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost…
(53) This is a photograph of Hope modelling for Ivanka's Spring Collection.

ivankatrump.com/articles/team-…
(54) Prior to this though, on July 23, 2014, Hope celebrated the debut of the New York Observer's Real Estate Section with Bill Cunningham, Noelle Zielinski and Amanda Miller.

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(55) After a few months at the Trump Organization, Trump himself hired Hope for his Presidential campaign in 2015.

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(56) She became the press secretary of his presidential campaign.

nypost.com/2015/09/25/mee…
(57) Part of this was because of the sheer amount of ways Trump ticked off the mainstream media and businesses.
(58) Her friends have compared her to Hilary Rhoda in terms of appearance.

washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost…
(59) And for the sake of comparison...
(60) In January 2015, Corey Lewandowski announced to her, Michael Cohen and Sam Nunberg that they would be travelling to the Iowa Freedom Summit.

gq.com/story/hope-hic…
(61) Nunberg, around this time, gifted Hope with the book "Running For Office" and nicknamed her 'Hopesicle'.

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(62) At one point, Hope attempted to quit the presidential campaign to return to the Trump Organization.

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(63) Trump convinced her to stay on the team.

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(64) Eventually, Nunberg was removed from the team, to which he personally blames Hope for his ouster.

gq.com/story/hope-hic…
(65) On March 31, 2015, Hope announced the hires of Andrew Georgevits, Joshua Whitehouse and Zach Montanaro to Lewandowski's team.

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(66) In August 2015, she travelled with Trump to Des Moines, Iowa, via helicopter.

telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
(67) On November 20, 2015, Hope threatened to remove the press credentials of reporters attempting to interview Trump supporters before a rally.

thewrap.com/fox-news-cnn-u…
(68) Political operatives attempted to convince her to abandon the campaign trail.

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(69) At some point during the campaign, Hope broke up with her boyfriend of six years.

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(70) Apparently, the boyfriend was actually Lewandowski. Whether this is true or not is currently unknown.

frostsnow.com/who-is-hope-hi…
(71) In early 2016, her grandmother passed away.

nytimes.com/2016/06/26/sty…
(72) In April 2016, Hope attended a Cos Cob Fire Police Patrol fundraiser in honour of her father.

ctpost.com/news/article/H…
(73) On May 19, 2016, Hope engaged in a screaming match with Lewandowski in New York.

pagesix.com/2016/05/19/tru…
(74) A little later, Hope accidentally revealed Trump's plan to attack Hillary Clinton over the Whitewater real estate deal by sending the plan to Marc Caputo, a reporter for Politico.

nypost.com/2016/05/25/tru…
(75) The screaming match and the mistake were due to issues emanating from the transition period between Lewandowski and Manafort.

pagesix.com/2016/05/19/tru…
(76) In June 2016, Olivia Nuzzi at GQ requested to have an interview with Hope about herself.

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(77) Instead, Hope arranged an interview between Olivia and Trump himself... to talk about Hope.

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(78) She also never spoke to Olivia at all during this, but remained in the room and watched the interview.

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(79) By this point, she was viewed favourably by media journalists, including Maggie Haberman at The New York Times.

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(80) Michael Feldman supported Hope's career in Trump's presidential campaign.

nytimes.com/2016/06/26/sty…
(81) Drew Marzullo has connections to Hope's sister, Mary Grace.

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(82) Also in June 2016, Hope travelled with Trump to Scotland.

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(83) Hope was the one to announce the departure of Lewandowski from the campaign, describing it as a "parting of ways".

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(84) In her office at Trump Tower, an inspirational poster is hung above it reading: "Fate whispers to the warrior, 'You cannot withstand the storm, and the warrior whispers back: 'I Am the Storm'."

nytimes.com/2016/06/26/sty…
(85) On November 8, 2016, Donald J. Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States of America.
(86) The weekend after, Hope celebrated at a family wedding at a Bermuda golf club.

politico.com/story/2017/07/…
(87) This is a video of Hope Hicks on November 28, 2016 in Trump Tower.

(88) I don't know why it exists.
(89) In December 2016, Hope made an appearance - and spoke briefly - at President-elect Trump's Mobile, AL rally.

(90) After this, Hope was announced to become - with Sean Spicer, Jason Miller and Dan Scavino - a part of the White House communications team in a senior role.

washingtonexaminer.com/trump-names-se…
(91) She was named as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Communications for the Trump Administration.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4…
(92) In June 2017, it was revealed that her salary was $179,700.00.

independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
(93) In July 2017, Hope was the only aide present during an interview between President Trump and the New York Times about Jeff Sessions' recusal from the Russian investigation.

politico.com/story/2017/07/…
(94) In August 2017, Hope took more duties in the communications department after the dismissal of Anthony Scaramucci.

washingtonpost.com/news/post-poli…
(95) In September 2017, Hope was announced to become the permanent Communications Director.

independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
(96) Her role appears in the United States Government manual.

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(97) During the Asia trip, Hope wore a tuxedo to the state banquet in Japan.

vanityfair.com/style/2017/11/…
(98) In November 2017, after her return from the Asia trip, Hope spoke with Robert Mueller's investigation team in relation to his investigation.

politico.com/story/2017/10/…
(99) Mueller's investigation team has been covered in several previous spotlights.

(100) For this meeting, Hope retained a personal attorney, Robert Trout.

politico.com/story/2017/10/…
(101) The mainstream media wondered whether Hope would be talking about George Papadopoulos.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…
(102) She also prefers to work in the shadows - ideally out of the spotlight.

politico.com/story/2017/07/…
(103) With this in mind, this spotlight may have made me an enemy of the White House communications team, and I can only hope she does not cross me off her notebook.
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