What a colossal waste of time Wednesday was for the American taxpayer and former White House communications director Hope Hicks. President Trump's former right-hand lady testified before the House Judiciary Committee behind closed doors relating to special counsel Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, but apparently, she declined to answer a variety of questions related to her tenure in the White House.

(How many times can the White House slap Congress in the mouth before Congress hits back? The list got longer this week when the White House instructed former Trump administration officials Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson to defy a House Judiciary Committee subpoena for documents relating to their work in the White House. Hicks and Donaldson now join other subpoena recipients -- Attorney General William Barr, former White House counsel Don McGahn, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin -- in telling Congress to pound sand.

The White House has instructed former officials Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson not to turn over certain documents to the House Judiciary Committee.

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) had subpoenaed the former White House officials for documents and testimony last month.

CNN first reported that the White House had instructed them not to turn over documents stemming from their time at the White House sought by the subpoena. A committee source familiar with the matter confirmed the development to The Hill.

White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of the president's longest and most loyal advisers dating back to the beginning of his presidential campaign, said Wednesday she is resigning from the administration to explore new opportunities.

Hope Hicks, one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s longest-serving and most trusted aides, is resigning from her job as White House communications director, a blow to the president, whose inner circle has been depleted by firings and clouded by scandal.

Hope Hicks, President Trump’s communications director and one of his longest-serving advisers, said Wednesday that she planned to leave the White House in the next few weeks.

White House Communications Director Hope Hicks is expected to appear before the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday morning for a closed-door interview related to Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to sources familiar with the committee's schedule.

Twenty-eight-year-old interim White House Communications Director Hope Hicks will serve in the role on a permanent basis.

Hope Hicks will be named the new White House communications director, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.