circle top >> adrian:s by his side for years who has heard and seen stuff almost nobody else has heard or seen is answering questions about her former boss. or maybe she's not. in just the last minute or so, that is what we are hearing from a top democrat. hicks is refusing to answer certain questions behind closed doors in front of the house judiciary committee. the hearing does continue. now the woman whose name appears more than 100 times in the special counsel report is in the hot seat. the first white house official, past or present to appear in front of congress since that report's release. the white house saying hicks cannot, cannot answer questions about her time in the west wing. but that is not stopping democrats from trying. >> we were in a mode of legislate, investigate, litigate.