Hope Hicks Told House Intel Committee Her Email Had Been Hacked

Former White House communications director Hope Hicks apparently told members of the House Intelligence Committee last week that one of her email accounts had been hacked.

From NBC News:

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 a personal account, according to four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the closed meeting of the Intelligence Committee was supposed to remain private.

Hicks, who portrayed herself as not savvy in matters of technology, told lawmakers that one of the accounts was hacked, according to two sources who were in the room. It is unclear if Hicks was referring to a campaign or personal account.

NBC News goes on to note that Hicks did not offer when or why her accounts might have been hacked. And since Hicks was appearing before the committee voluntarily, it seems none of the lawmakers asked those follow-up questions.

I'm guessing it was during the same period of questioning that Hicks admitted to telling "white lies" for Donald Trump.

Well color me surprised 🙄

The 29 year old ex fashion assistant turned out to be an easy mark for hackers (The Russians)?

If Hillary or Obama hired a 29 year old fashion assistant, who subsequently got hacked, the @GOP would be lining up to impeach them https://t.co/iF9JbOooW3

— UnsilentMajority 🌹 (@The_UnSilent_) March 7, 2018

That awkward moment when a woman failed to secure her emails while working for the president, but it's Hope Hicks instead of Hillary and so Republicans aren't sure whether to chant "LOCK HER UP!" or "FAKE NEWS".

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) March 7, 2018

BREAKING: Hope Hicks told House Intel her email account was hacked and she no longer has access to it

The hypocrisy of the But Her Emails crowd never ceases to amaze mehttps://t.co/XpNdvv2oXe

— Jack Miller (@politicalmiller) March 7, 2018

Alternatively, I suppose Trump could ask Russia to help locate the missing Hope Hicks e-mails. Maybe WikiLeaks can produce them?

— ml8_ml8 (@ml8_ml8) March 7, 2018