Summary: Mark Corallo, former spokesman for Donald Trump, is rumored to testify to Robert Mueller that Hope Hicks, communications director for President Trump, aided in obstruction of justice related to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Corallo is expected to tell Mueller's team that Hicks told him that Donald Trump Jr's emails regarding efforts to cover up the true purpose of the infamous Trump Tower meeting with Russian nationals "will never get out." The emails, which Mr. Trump released under pressure, revealed a scramble aboard Air Force One by President Trump, his family and top aides to re-frame the July meeting as a discussion about adoption policy in an attempt to obfuscate the real intention- to find "dirt"on Hilary Clinton.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/us/politics/trump-russia-hope-hicks-mueller.html
Analysis: Hope Hicks was unsuccessful in guarding Donald Jr's questionable emails since he inexplicably released them to the press himself. Corallo will argue that Hicks's intent was to hide them from investigators. This is reminiscent to the alleged actions of Richard Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, who claimed responsibility for accidentally erasing 18 1/2 minutes of the Nixon White House tapes. Skeptics believe that someone, possibly not Woods, erased the tape on purpose in attempt to hide evidence in the Watergate scandal.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_White_House_tapes
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_White_House_tapes
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