Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee reported on Tuesday that White House Communications Director Hope Hicks refused to answer questions, following the lead of other current and former Trump administration officials.

According to reporters covering Capitol Hill, multiple Democratic lawmakers walked out of Hick’s closed-door interview and expressed their unhappiness with the proceedings.

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“We got Bannoned!” Rep. Denny Heck reportedly exclaimed, referring to former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon’s similar refusal to answer questions.

Read some of the reports below.

“We got Bannoned!” one House Intel committee member says after Hope Hicks declines to answer some of their questions. https://t.co/myXYQXGaj8 — Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 27, 2018

Colleague Jenny Buchholz rpts GOP UT Rep & Intel Cmte mbr Chris Stewart says "there are some questions she's not going to answer. Anything dealing with the Administration from the Inauguration on" when asked about WH Comms Dir Hope Hicks appearing before the cmte today — Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) February 27, 2018

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It appears Hope Hicks isn't answering some questions about the White House: Rep. Chris Stewart told reporters there were some questions she wasn't going to answer dealing with the administration. "From the time of the inauguration,” he said. Also expects this to go for a while — Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) February 27, 2018

Rep. Denny Heck, D-Washington, tells reporters the House Intel Cmte is getting “Bannon’ed” by Hope Hicks – a reference to Bannon refusing to answer questions about the transition and Trump WH. — Ben Siegel (@benyc) February 27, 2018

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Hope Hicks NOT answering some questions so far about her time in the administration, per members. Rep. Stewart tells reporters: “There are some questions that she’s not going to answer, I think anything dealing with the administration, from the time of the inauguration.” — Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 27, 2018