Hope Hicks subpoena article in New York Times draws torrents of criticism

The article begins: “One of the best-known but least visible former members of President Trump’s White House staff is facing an existential question: whether to comply with a congressional subpoena in the coming weeks.”

Hicks, who was communications director from 2017 to 2018, was mentioned in 28 pages of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler of New York subpoenaed both Hicks and former White House counsel Don McGahn aide Annie Donaldson last week.

Some left-wing social media figures and politicians weighed in on the piece, which also featured an image from a professional photoshoot of the 30-year-old Hicks.

“It’s not a decision. She was subpoenaed,” Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts tweeted Sunday.

Democratic Trump opponent Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York responded by comparing Hicks to the media’s coverage of shootings.

“Yup. Where’s the ‘no angel’ take now? In the immediate aftermath of shootings, media routinely post menacing photos of people-of-color victims + dredge up any questionable thing they’d ever done. But when Hope Hicks considers not complying w a subpoena, it’s glamour shot time,” she tweeted.

Nadler also subpoenaed McGahn to testify, but the White House directed him not to participate, setting the stage for Nadler to hold him in contempt. Attorney General William Barr was also held in contempt by the committee after he refused requests to release an unredacted version of Mueller’s report.