Should Hope Hicks go to prison?

[Celerity]

https://www.cleveland.com/tylt/2019/07/should-hope-hicks-go-to-prison.html

Michael Cohen is currently serving a prison sentence for financial crimes and for lying to Congress. Those financial crimes include paying women for their silence regarding alleged affairs with President Donald Trump. In July, new documents revealed another participant in these cover-ups: then-campaign press secretary, Hope Hicks. Hicks previously testified before Congress that she was never present for any conversations between Cohen and Trump regarding hush money payments to Stormy Daniels specifically. Some say Hicks should go to prison for lying to Congress, just like Cohen.

What do you think? (Poll at the link)

According to ABC News, new documents indicate Hope Hicks, along with Trump himself, were aware of Cohen's hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. Cohen lied about said payments to Congress; he was sent to prison as a result of these lies, along with other financial crimes. Per ABC News, Hicks also testified to Congress that she had “no direct knowledge of Cohen’s payments to Daniels,” but the new records seem to suggest otherwise.

The records – hundreds of pages connected with search warrants issued in 2018 – show that Hicks, along with Trump, spoke by phone to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen as Cohen formulated his plan to pay $130,000 to Daniels. The goal was to keep Daniels from going public with her allegations about a tryst with Trump in 2006.

Many feel the released documents should seal Hicks’ fate, or at the very least warrant further investigation. If Cohen is serving time for the hush money payments and for lying to Congress, Hicks should be too.

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[Sherman A1]

1. Yes

I believe she should do so.

[ChubbyStar]

12. Oh Sweet Jesus

That is all.

[Hekate]

13. You first. Welcome to DU...

Enjoy your stay.

[Sherman A1]

14. Why Should She Not? Please explain

The reason for would appear to be perjury.

[PatrickforO]

15. Because we have to stop giving Republicans a pass on facing the consequences of their

actions. Hicks refused to testify about Donald Trump before Congress and got off scot free.

In contrast, Gennifer Flowers refused to testify about Bill Clinton and served 18 months.

We cannot allow this double standard to continue.

[spanone]

17. If she lied to congress. Yes. It's against the law to lie to congress under oath.

[Loge23]

2. The entire administration belongs in prison.

Back up the goddamn bus and start loading.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Yes

They can all go. They will all have each other there to scheme against.

We can all get a wink of sleep.

[Polly Hennessey]

4. Yes.

And she can drag Ivanka, Jared, and Don Jr., along.

[Bettie]

5. Yes

she should.

Will she? Probably not. She's a pretty, young, white, Republican woman.

[NewJeffCT]

6. It will be referred to DOJ

and they'll decline to prosecute

[Glimmer of Hope]

7. I would like that.

[onecaliberal]

8. Hell to the yes.

[JI7]

9. yes

[rogue emissary]

11. si

[NotASurfer]

16. I look at it the other way

Who in his inner circle -doesn't- deserve to go to prison? List should be much more concise

[tblue37]

18. Yes! nt