was having with the New York Times in which he bashed Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation.

When asked whether the account was accurate, lawyers objected to the question.

Hicks also did not answer any questions regarding Trump’s effort to have White House Counsel Don McGahn remove the special counsel, the resignation of former National Security Advisory Michael Flynn and Trump's firing of former FBI director James Comey. She also did not answer a question about the president creating a statement in response to press coverage of a June 9, 2016, meeting at Trump Tower. Top Trump officials, including the president's son Donald Trump Jr., had a meeting with Russians offering dirt on Democrat Hillary Clinton.

She also refused to answer questions about conversations she had with the president.

Althoughshe was able to answer how the weather was on her first day on the job ("cloudy," she said) and where she had lunch (at her desk), Hicks did not answer whether Trump would come and speak to her during lunchtime.

Hicks, who was one of the president's most trusted confidants, did talk briefly about her time on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, which she said felt "relief" after hacked information from top members of Hillary Clinton's campaign was published by Wikileaks. She also defended the campaign's use of the Wikileaks information, which Trump cited many times on the campaign trail.

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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle said