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Hope Hicks
White House Communications Director from 2017 to 2018 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hope Charlotte Hicks (born October 21, 1988) is an American public relations consultant and model. She was the White House Communications Director for U.S. President Donald Trump from August 2017 until March 29, 2018.[1][2]
Hope Hicks | |
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White House Director of Communications | |
In office August 16, 2017 – March 29, 2018 Acting: August 16 – September 12, 2017 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Anthony Scaramucci |
Succeeded by | Bill Shine |
1st White House Director of Strategic Communications | |
In office January 20, 2017 – September 12, 2017 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Mercedes Schlapp |
Personal details | |
Born | Hope Charlotte Hicks (1988-10-21) October 21, 1988 (age 35) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Southern Methodist University (BA) |
From January to September 2017, she was White House Director of Strategic Communications.[3][4] She was an employee of The Trump Organization.
On February 27, 2018, Hicks testified to a Congressional committee that she had told "white lies" on Trump's behalf.[5][6][7][8] The next day, Hicks announced her resignation as White House Communications Director.[9][10] She left the White House a month later.[11]
On October 1, 2020 she tested positive for COVID-19.[12] This raised concerns whether or not Trump, too, had COVID-19, as she had been on Air Force One recently and had travelled with the president to Cleveland, Ohio, for the first presidential debate.
Aside from working with Trump, Hicks also worked with Fox News.[8]