Washington — Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s longest-serving advisers and closest aides, will resign, the White House said a day after she testified to congressional investigators probing Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Hicks was named White House communications director in September, but was on Trump’s staff from the beginning of his presidency. Prior to joining the Trump campaign, she had worked in public relations for the Trump Organization. "I wish the president and his administration the very best as he continues to lead our country," 29-year-old Hicks said in a statement released by the White House. She would not leave the White House immediately, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said. The New York Times reported earlier that she was resigning. "Hope is outstanding and has done great work for the last three years," Trump said in a statement. She is the latest of several recent high-profile departures from Trump’s White House. Another communications ai...
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