(TheRedWire.com) – Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director as well as many other former White House officials appeared before a Washington grand jury that is going to be evaluating the Department of Justice’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The investigation is led by special counsel Jack Smith, and according to recent reports Hicks, and Trump’s son-in-law were only two of those who have been brought in to testify before the grand jury. During the hearings, the group has been questioned on the extent to which Trump has privately admitted that he lost the presidential election, as well as other questions which could be used to determine whether or not the former president had acted with intent and attempted to deceive the public.
The New York Times reported on Kushner’s appearance stating that he had reportedly claimed that Trump had genuinely thought that the presidential election was stolen. Hicks’s testimony has not yet been revealed, but during a previous hearing that was part of the House select committee probe into the Jan. 6, Capitol attack, Hicks had expressed anger over how the attack made the White House team appear as “domestic terrorists” and claimed that they would never again be able to find employment.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White House communications director, also had a meeting with prosecutors. Reportedly she is one of the few aides to have stated publicly that Trump was aware that he had lost the presidential election. As she claimed Trump had once said something along the lines of “Can you believe I lost to this guy?” after President Biden appeared on TV.
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