# Hope Hicks Trump's longest-serving communications aide — campaign press secretary in 2016, White House communications director, and later counselor to the president — whose career runs a clean loop between the Trump White House and right-wing media companies. She was a key witness on two of the investigations that most threatened Trump: the Mueller inquiry and the New York hush-money case. ## Career | Date | Event | |---|---| | 2016 | Trump campaign press secretary | | Aug–Sept 2017 | White House communications director | | Feb 27, 2018 | Tells the House Intelligence Committee she had told "white lies" for Trump; announces her resignation the next day and leaves in March | | 2018–2020 | Chief communications officer and executive vice president at [[Fox Corporation]] | | Mar 2020 | Returns to the White House as counselor to the president | | Jan 2021 | Leaves after January 6 | | Oct 2022 | Interviewed by the House January 6 committee | | May 3, 2024 | Testifies for the prosecution in *People v. Trump*, on the campaign's reaction to the *Access Hollywood* tape and the payments to Stormy Daniels — see [[Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case]] | | July 28, 2025 | Named chief operating officer of [[Megyn Kelly]]'s Devil May Care Media | ## Why it matters here White House → Fox Corporation → White House → a leading right-wing podcast company: Hicks is the revolving door between Trump's government and the media that covers it, in a single résumé. See [[Media Ecosystem]]. ## See Also - [[Donald Trump]] · [[Michael Cohen]] · [[Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case]] - [[Fox Corporation]] · [[Megyn Kelly]] · [[Media Ecosystem]] - [[Mueller Investigation]]