Episode 1249
Hope Hicks
Sat, 2020-Oct-03 01:50 UTC
Length - 2:09
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With 1,213,508 views on Friday, 2 October 2020 our article of the day is Hope Hicks.
Hope Charlotte Hicks (born October 21, 1988) is an American public relations executive and political advisor serving as a senior counselor to President Donald Trump. Hicks previously served as White House director of strategic communications from January to September 2017 and as White House communications director from August 2017 until March 2018. She resigned from the Trump administration on March 29, 2018 and returned to assume her current position on March 9, 2020.
A former model, Hicks was an employee of the Trump Organization before becoming press secretary and early communications director for the Trump 2016 presidential campaign, as well as the national press secretary for the presidential transition team. She was Trump's longest-serving political aide at the time of her resignation. Between stints at the Trump White House, Hicks worked for Fox Corporation as its chief communications officer and executive vice president. On October 1, 2020, it was announced that Hicks had tested positive for COVID-19.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:50 UTC on Saturday, 3 October 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Hope Hicks on Wikipedia.
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