The White House asserted immunity for Hope Hicks, a private citizen, as she appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Democrats said the exemption does not exist.
Former Trump aide Hope Hicks testified before the House Judiciary Committee. But she would not talk about anything that took place during her time at the White House. Nancy Cordes reports.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) says the traditional limits have been cast aside and more than 800 officials can talk about investigations in the Trump administration.
Negotiations on Wednesday between the Trump administration and bipartisan leaders of the U.S. Congress failed to produce a deal on the overall levels of federal spending for the fiscal year starting on Oct. 1 and the need to raise Washington's borrowing authority, leading Democrats said.
Former White House communications director Hope Hicks testified Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee in a closed-door hearing for nearly seven hours. CBS News Capitol Hill reporter Rebecca Kaplan joins CBSN's "Red and Blue" with analysis, and USA Today's Washington bureau chief Susan Page and CBS Miami's political director Jim Defede have more political headlines.
