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(CNN) After two years, Hope Hicks, former White House communications director, is expected to return to the White House, this time as an adviser. CNN reported that her official title will be counselor to the President and that she will be "working closely" with President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner and White House political director Brian Jack.

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Hicks was also interviewed by the panel about any knowledge she had of contacts that occurred between other Trump associates and Russians.

What is most interesting about this development is not so much that Hicks is coming back, but the timing of her return. Hicks initially quit her position under the scrutiny of law enforcement and Congress. Her return as an adviser to the President says a lot about a renewed sense of confidence and impunity that Trumpers are likely feeling after the President's impeachment acquittal by the Senate. That impunity is a stain on the presidency. Hicks' return is only the latest example the outrageous ways that Trump prizes loyalty and devotion at the expense of truth and patriotism.

"There is no one more devoted to implementing President Trump's agenda than Hope Hicks," Kushner said in a statement. "We are excited to have her back on the team."