U.S. Capitol riot panel hears former W.H. aide testify; says Meadows told her, 'Things might get real, real bad'

[onthedarkside]

Cassidy Hutchinson, aide to former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows

 

WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee began a hastily called hearing into the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by then-President Donald Trump's supporters, summoning a former White House aide to testify and promising new evidence.

 

The House of Representatives committee, investigating the first attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power in U.S. history, was set to take testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Mark Meadows, then Trump's chief of staff.

 

Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said new evidence was being presented on Tuesday "dealing with what was going on in the White House on Jan. 6 and the days prior" to the riot at the Capitol.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-capitol-riot-panel-promises-new-evidence-surprise-tuesday-hearing-2022-06-28/

 

 

 

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'Real, real bad': Former top Trump White House aide testifies about Jan. 6 lead up

Hutchinson’s testimony represents the committee’s strongest evidence yet about whether Trump intended to incite an insurrection

 

WASHINGTON — Four days before Jan. 6, Rudy Giuliani said then-President Donald Trump planned to go to the Capitol with his supporters, Cassidy Hutchinson, a senior Trump White House aide, told the House Jan. 6 committee at a hearing Tuesday.

 

Giuliani, the former New York Mayor and Trump confidant, had just left a meeting with then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. As Hutchinson walked Giuliani out of the White House, he asked if she was excited about Jan. 6, Hutchinson testified.

 

“We’re going to the Capitol,” Hutchinson testified that Giuliani said. And then referring to Trump, he said, “The president is going to be there. He's going to look powerful.”

 

Hutchinson said she relayed the discussion to Meadows. "Things might get real, real bad on Jan. 6th," Hutchinson testified that Meadows told her in response.

 

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-panel-looks-trump-white-house-cassidy-hutchinson-testimony-rcna35550

 

 

 

[candide]

This is really good to watch. ????

Trump Tried to Grab Steering Wheel to Go to U.S. Capitol Jan 6 -Witness

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-06-28/trump-tried-to-grab-steering-wheel-to-go-to-u-s-capitol-jan-6-witness

[thaichina]

This is very good TV!! Ice cold Leo, nice weed, I enjoy the moment! 

[Chomper Higgot]

Stunning testimony.

[pomchop]

John Dean on steroids....WOW

[candide]

That was better what In was expecting

Here's a short analysis

Why today's 1/6 hearing was utterly devastating for Donald Trump

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/28/politics/donald-trump-january-6/index.html

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when Trump got back into the presidential limousine, known as the Beast, and was told that he could not join protesters at the Capitol, he lost it. The then-President tried to grab the steering wheel and, when one of his security detail reached to stop him, he grabbed at that man's throat.

I just loved it ????

[pomchop]

it was not the normal presidential limo it was an armored SUV where the back seat is much closer to the steering wheel and there is no glass partition

 

https://www.curbed.com/2022/06/trump-grabbed-wheel-limo-january-6-capitol-riot.html

[LarrySR]

Commander In Chief went AWOL.

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Aide: Trump dismissed Jan. 6 threats, wanted to join crowd

She depicted a president flailing in anger and prone to violent outbursts

 

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump rebuffed his own security's warnings about armed protesters in the Jan. 6 rally crowd and made desperate attempts to join his supporters as they marched to the Capitol, according to dramatic new testimony before the House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection.

 

Cassidy Hutchinson, a little-known former White House aide, described an angry, defiant president who was trying that day to let armed protesters avoid security screenings at a rally that morning to protest his 2020 election defeat and who later grabbed at the steering wheel of the presidential SUV when the Secret Service refused to let him go to the Capitol.

 

And when the events at the Capitol spiraled toward violence, with the crowd chanting to "Hang Mike Pence," she testified Tuesday that Trump declined to intervene.

 

Trump "doesn't think they're doing anything wrong," Hutchinson recalled hearing from her boss, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

 

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https://www.startribune.com/aide-trump-dismissed-jan-6-threats-wanted-to-join-crowd/600185838/

 

 

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1/6 Takeaways: Angry Trump, dire legal warnings and ketchup

A former White House aide testified that Donald Trump knew there were weapons in the rally crowd and tried to pry the steering wheel from his limousine driver so he could join his supporters

 

The House Jan. 6 committee held a surprise hearing Tuesday delivering alarming new testimony about Donald Trump's angry, defiant and vulgar actions as he ignored repeated warnings against summoning the mob to the Capitol and then refused to intervene to stop the deadly violence as rioters laid siege.

 

Witness Cassidy Hutchinson, a lesser-known former White House aide, refused to join those in Trump's circle staying silent and provided first-hand knowledge of what she saw and heard in the run-up to the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, a proximity to power that gives stunning new details in the panel's year-long investigation.

 

With calm, detailed recollections, Hutchinson testified that a defiant Trump was told there were guns and other weapons in the rally crowd at the White House, but sent his supporters to the Capitol anyway and even sought to physically pry the steering wheel from his presidential motorcade driver so he could join them.

 

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https://www.startribune.com/1-6-takeaways-angry-trump-dire-legal-warnings-and-ketchup/600186032/

 

 

 

 

[pomchop]

That gal has bigger balls than 99% of the republican congressmen and politicians who are scared to death to cross dear leader.. i cannot imagine the threats that she and her family will likely get for years....now get ready for all the attacks on her with all kinds of bs lies about her personal life etc...

 

Meadows and others no doubt picked her and obviously they all thought she would just shut up and do what she was told regardless of what she heard and saw with her own eyes/ears....just like the see no evil hear no evil trumpers......wrong.

 

Now of course trump acts like he doesn't even really know who she is even though her office was steps away from his and his inner circle obviously called her frequently....and of course she worked for his chief of staff so does anyone actually believe that he hardly knew who she was?  My guess is he was likely eyeing her every time she walked by which would fit his grab em by the pxxxy <deleted> to a t.