As we told you over the weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (and others!) were quite miffed at the New York Times for running this “glamour shot” of Hope Hicks along with an article on whether or not she will comply with a House subpoena:

Yup. Where’s the “no angel” take now? In the immediate aftermath of shootings, media routinely post menacing photos of people-of-color victims + dredge up any questionable thing they’d ever done. But when Hope Hicks considers not complying w a subpoena, it’s glamour shot time. https://t.co/ACnvXlKF7Q — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 26, 2019

Here’s the photo from the NYT’s Tom Brenner that set her off:

Hope Hicks, one of the best-known but least visible former members of President Trump’s White House staff, is facing an existential question: whether to comply with a congressional subpoena https://t.co/8NXpfQvxQL pic.twitter.com/L7aWVMsIdq — NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 24, 2019

Now for the real story. That photo is not a “glamour shot” at all and was just a normal photo of Hicks at work:

From the "Glamour Shoot" with Hope Hicks. Original frames from a Roosevelt Room meeting with the President and state/local officials regarding school safety on 2/22/18. One of the last images of Hope as an official before her resignation not long after. pic.twitter.com/vVSFpJJuYC — Tom Brenner (@tombrennerphoto) May 28, 2019

Brenner didn’t even know Hicks would be in the room before he took the photo:

Also to further clarify the situation, I was also unaware that Ms. Hicks would enter the room to hear this meeting in person. Officials are free to step into meetings, and at this instance she was standing quietly beside the door for only a few minutes. — Tom Brenner (@tombrennerphoto) May 28, 2019

And we’ll note that maybe AOC is not the best one to be complaining about using glamour shots to humanize someone in politics. Remember this?

“The best thing we could do is work as hard as we can for what is right and what is good.” It was an honor to share this conversation with @kerrywashington, who grew up in the Bronx/NY-14. Her grandmother lived just a few blocks from where I do now.https://t.co/5CofwADh7O — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 6, 2018

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