Hope Hicks found nothing to smile about on Friday morning as she made her way to the Oval Office to hear President Trump deliver prepared remarks about her newly unemployed boyfriend.
The 29-year-old Director of Communications for the White House conveyed her sense of gloom and doom in a black belted jacket and some black-suede, thigh-high Stuart Weitzman boots.
Hicks was photographed at one point listening in while a smiling Kellyanne Conway spoke into her ear, but her somber expression remained fixed on her face.
And later, she could be seen placing her hand on John Kelly’s back as the forlorn Chief of Staff stood solo in a corner while watching President Trump speak.
Hope Hicks found nothing to smile about on Friday morning as she made her way to the Oval Office
The White House Communications Director conveyed her sense of gloom and doom in a black belted jacket and some black-suede, thigh-high Stuart Weitzman boots alongside Kellyanne Conway
Hicks carried on with her day job after DailyMail.com reported allegations that her boyfriend Rob Porter abused two wives
Hicks was photographed at one point listening in while a smiling Conway spoke into her ear
She could be seen placing her hand on John Kelly’s back as the forlorn Chief of Staff stood solo in a corner while watching President Trump speak
This all comes as the close of what has been the worst week of Hicks and Kelly’s White House tenures.
‘He says he’s innocent. I think you have to remember that. He said very strongly yesterday that he’s innocent,’ Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
‘We certainly wish him well. It’s obviously a tough time for him, and he did a very good job in the White House. We hope he has a wonderful career ahead of him.’
There was no mention of the three women who have accused Porter of abuse.
It was less than 24 hours after DailyMail.com first broke the story about Porter’s
Hicks and Conway watch as the president meets with Shane Bouvet in the Oval Office
Chief of Staff John Kelly has also been under fire and faces questions over whether he knew about Porter’s alleged violence
At points, Hicks looked downcast after he a week of allegations mounting against Porter and the Trump Administration
An embattled Kelly (right) stands by as reporters enter the room for Donald Bouvet (second left) to tell the story of his son Shane Bouvet (left), a Trump campaigning volunteer, securing $100,00 from the president to help pay for the father’s cancer treatment
Trump defended Porter in his first public comments on the scandal. He wished him well and said he has faced a ‘tough’ time