WSJ: Feds Interviewed Hicks, Schiller As Part Of Hush-Money Probe

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: Hope Hicks, White House director of strategic communications, arrives to a swearing in ceremony of White House senior staff in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Wash... WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: Hope Hicks, White House director of strategic communications, arrives to a swearing in ceremony of White House senior staff in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump today mocked protesters who gathered for large demonstrations across the U.S. and the world on Saturday to signal discontent with his leadership, but later offered a more conciliatory tone, saying he recognized such marches as a "hallmark of our democracy." (Photo by Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Federal investigators interviewed former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks and former security chief Keith Schiller as part of the investigation into hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

They reportedly also have a recorded phone conversation between former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and the lawyer who represented Daniels and McDougal.

The new details of the investigation show that prosectors had been collecting information on Trump’s alleged involvement in the payments weeks before Cohen testified to it in court.

Read the full piece here.

 

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