This statement, Corallo said he “did not dispute” to the
Times, led him to worry that Hicks “could be contemplating obstructing justice.” (Translation: destroying or otherwise covering up Trump Jr.’s emails.) Either that or, as Corallo reportedly told colleagues, Hicks “was being naive”—believing the emails couldn’t be leaked to the public because, per the
Times, she thought “only a few people had access to them.” In fact, whether Hicks realized it or not, Trump Jr.’s emails were headed for delivery to Congress, which had requested them as part of its own Russia investigation.
