Return to the Trump administration
In February 2020, it was announced that Hicks would return to the White House Office as an aide to Jared Kushner and counselor to President Donald Trump.[1] She officially started back at the White House on March 9.[49] On June 1, 2020, during George Floyd protests Hicks hatched the plan to have Trump walk to St. John's Episcopal Church across the street from the White House and hold a bible. Law enforcement subsequently used tear gas and other riot control tactics to forcefully clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square and surrounding streets, creating a path for President Donald Trump and senior administration officials, including Hicks, to the church.[50]