A short while later, while still on Air Force One, Hicks learned that Priebus knew about the emails, which further convinced her that additional information about the June 9 meeting would leak and the White House should be proactive 713 and get in front of the story. Hicks recalled again going to the President to urge him that they should be fully transparent about the June 9 meeting, but he 714 again said no, telling Hicks, “You’ve given a statement. We’re done.” Later on the flight home, Hicks went to the President’s cabin, where the 715 President was on the phone with one of his personal attorneys. At one point the President handed the phone to Hicks, and the attorney told Hicks that he had been working with Circa News on a separate story, and that she should not talk 716 to the New York Times. 4. The Media Reports on the June 9, 2016 Meeting Before the President’s flight home from the G20 landed, the New York 717 Times published its story about the June 9, 2016 meeting. In addition to the statement from Trump Jr., the Times story also quoted a statement from Corallo on behalf of the President’s legal team suggesting that the meeting might have been a setup by individuals working with the firm that produced the Steele 718 reporting. Corallo also worked with Circa News on a story published an hour later that questioned whether Democratic operatives had arranged the June 9 meeting to create the appearance of improper connections between Russia and 719 Trump family members. Hicks was upset about Corallo’s public statement and called him that evening to say the President had not approved the 720 statement. The next day, July 9, 2017, Hicks and the President called Corallo together 721 and the President criticized Corallo for the statement he had released. Corallo told the President the statement had been authorized and further observed that Trump Jr.’s statement was inaccurate and that a document existed that would 722 contradict it. Corallo said that he purposely used the term “document” to refer to the emails setting up the June 9 meeting because he did not know what 723 the President knew about the emails. Corallo recalled that when he referred to the “document” on the call with the President, Hicks responded that only a