Hope Hicks forced to interrupt Jerry Nadler to correct him that she is not 'Ms. ...

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerold Nadler is under fire for referring to longtime Donald Trump aide Hope Hicks as 'Ms. Lewandowski' during her closed-door testimony this week.

Nadler, a longtime New York member who regularly flashes his knowledge of legal procedure when holding the gavel at committee hearings, apologized after Hicks brought up the issue, as revealed in a transcript Nadler released Thursday afternoon.

'My name is Ms. Hicks,' the former White House communications director told Nadler.

'I'm sorry, Ms. Hicks. I'm preoccupied,' Nadler told her.

She then continued on with her testimony. It was the third time Nadler had made the mistake during her eight-hour questioning.

Some critics assumed that Nadler had not committed a slip-up, but deliberately inserted the name of former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.

The fiery Lewandowski, now a lobbyist, was the subject of a series of questions earlier in Hicks' testimony.

However the pair were also the subject of innuendo during the campaign, after Page Six reported they were discovered having a shouting match not far from

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