Exclusive: Trump’s former White House ethics lawyer told Cassidy Hutchinson to give misleading testimony to January 6 committee, sources say

[Scott]

 

The January 6 committee made a startling allegation on Monday, claiming it had evidence that a Trump-backed attorney urged a key witness to mislead the committee about details they recalled.

Though the committee declined to identify the people, CNN has learned that Stefan Passantino, the top ethics attorney in the Trump White House, is the lawyer who allegedly advised his then-client, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, to tell the committee that she did not recall details that she did, sources familiar with the committee’s work tell CNN.

Trump’s Save America political action committee funded Passantino and his law firm Elections LLC, including paying for his representation of Hutchinson, other sources tell CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/politics/trump-ethics-lawyer-passantino-cassidy-hutchinson-misleading-testimony-jan-6/index.html

[Tug]

Trumps ethics lawyer!that’s funny beyond words ho ho ho trump ethics oh my well it wouldent surprise me in the slightest kudos miss Hutchinson you madam are a patriot and a brave woman my deep respect and thanks

[ozimoron]

I'm shocked.

[pomchop]

So how many trumpers/republicans are secretly hoping that DOJ will indict and a jury will convict t of crimes that prevent him from holding office?  My guess is a substantial number as many of them are finally starting to realize that their dear leader is a dead loser that needs to be removed from the discussion...of course most will never state publicly that they got conned by the con man but that is exactly what happened.  But if it is the DOJ that brings t down they can then blame the DOJ rather than admit that they have backed a conman loser.

 

The grift now is to pretend to be running for POTUS but play 18-27 holes of golf everyday while selling trading cards to the kool aide crew. How presidential.

[ozimoron]

Just now, pomchop said:

So how many trumpers/republicans are secretly hoping that DOJ will indict and a jury will convict t of crimes that prevent him from holding office?  My guess is a substantial number as many of them are finally starting to realize that their dear leader is a dead loser that needs to be removed from the discussion...of course most will never state publicly that they got conned by the con man but that is exactly what happened.  But if it is the DOJ that brings t down they can then blame the DOJ rather than admit that they have backed a conman loser.

 

The grift now is to pretend to be running for POTUS but play 18-27 holes of golf everyday while selling trading cards to the kool aide crew. How presidential.

My personal view is that they will not take that step. While the dems really, really want Trump to run, he has shown no real signs of doing so. He formally announced that he will run only because of the faint hope it might give pause to the special counsel. Beyond that he has demonstrated none of the signs of a  presidential candidate such as making speeches or holding rallies.

[bendejo]

That story Cassidy relayed of DT grabbing the steering wheel:  I've come to the opinion that he really didn't do it, but told his guy (the one who told it to Cass) that it happened, then leak it out so his rabble will see he tried.

 

Or is that too devious? 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

"sources say"

"Though the committee declined to identify the people"

 

LOL, LOL, LOL.

Sooooo, unidentified people claim something and certain people fall over themselves to believe this is factual. Hardly going to be submitted in a real law court, unlike the IMO biased cabal that is the committee.

 

41 minutes ago, Scott said:

CNN has learned that Stefan Passantino, the top ethics attorney in the Trump White House, is the lawyer who allegedly advised his then-client, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, to tell the committee that she did not recall details that she did, sources familiar with the committee’s work tell

LOL, LOL, LOL.

Perhaps leaked by the committee itself, or by the same people that made the anonymous claims.

[thaibeachlovers]

21 minutes ago, pomchop said:

So how many trumpers/republicans are secretly hoping that DOJ will indict and a jury will convict t of crimes that prevent him from holding office?  My guess is a substantial number as many of them are finally starting to realize that their dear leader is a dead loser that needs to be removed from the discussion...of course most will never state publicly that they got conned by the con man but that is exactly what happened.  But if it is the DOJ that brings t down they can then blame the DOJ rather than admit that they have backed a conman loser.

 

The grift now is to pretend to be running for POTUS but play 18-27 holes of golf everyday while selling trading cards to the kool aide crew. How presidential.

I doubt that most that voted for Trump didn't know what he was, but given a choice between bad and worst they went for bad.

[Chomper Higgot]

15 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

"sources say"

"Though the committee declined to identify the people"

 

LOL, LOL, LOL.

Sooooo, unidentified people claim something and certain people fall over themselves to believe this is factual. Hardly going to be submitted in a real law court, unlike the IMO biased cabal that is the committee.

 

LOL, LOL, LOL.

Perhaps leaked by the committee itself, or by the same people that made the anonymous claims.

Conspiracy to commit perjury.

 

The committee are very right not to release names, just pass it on to the DOJ (evidence and testimony are being routinely passed to the DOJ) and let the wheels of Justice grind away.

 

The unnamed witnesses know they are being referred to and they know the best thing they can do is cooperate.

 

Good luck with your ‘Hardly going to be submitted to a real court’.

 

 

Edited December 21, 2022 by Chomper Higgot

[ozimoron]

3 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Conspiracy to commit perjury.

 

The committee are very right not to release names, just pass it on to the DOJ (evidence and testimony are being routinely passed to the DOJ) and let the wheels of Justice grind away.

 

The unarmed witnesses know they are being referred to and they know the best thing they can do is cooperate.

 

Good luck with your ‘Hardly going to be submitted to a real court’.

Witness tampering might be on the list as well.

 

All this from the party of law and order.

Edited December 21, 2022 by ozimoron

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, ozimoron said:

Witness tampering might be on the list as well.

 

All this from the party of law and order.

It’s a gift to the DOJ.

 

They have an easy to prove crime with which to nail people at the very center of Trump’s WH administration.

 

Cutting a plea deal means giving up all crimes and knowledge of crimes.

 

The first to cooperate gets the best deal.

 

The prisoners dilemma at play.

[pomchop]

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

"sources say"

"Though the committee declined to identify the people"

 

LOL, LOL, LOL.

Sooooo, unidentified people claim something and certain people fall over themselves to believe this is factual. Hardly going to be submitted in a real law court, unlike the IMO biased cabal that is the committee.

 

LOL, LOL, LOL.

Perhaps leaked by the committee itself, or by the same people that made the anonymous claims.

That is why real evidence is required at trials....not a bunch of conspiracy theories pulled from rabbit holes like election fraud with no evidence.  The DOJ is well aware that real trials require real evidence.  Then the jury will decide what they believe and what they do not believe.  Will trumpers accept the verdict if it is guilty or will we go down the same tired road that it's all a giant witch hunt and donnie did not break any laws..

 

That " biased "committees most damning evidence presented was mostly testimony from republican trumpers who were there and had the gonads to say under oath what they saw and heard.  They knew full well that they would be attacked by the trumpers who see no evil hear no evil but don't have the courage to testify under oath.  

 

 

[stevenl]

21 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I doubt that most that voted for Trump didn't know what he was, but given a choice between bad and worst they went for bad.

Look at his rallies. This has nothing to do with don't liking Hillary, it is worshiping Trump.

[ozimoron]

28 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I doubt that most that voted for Trump didn't know what he was, but given a choice between bad and worst they went for bad.

They went for Trump because of his racist message. Nothing to do with Hillary who actually got more votes.

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, pomchop said:

So how many trumpers/republicans are secretly hoping that DOJ will indict and a jury will convict t of crimes that prevent him from holding office?  My guess is a substantial number as many of them are finally starting to realize that their dear leader is a dead loser that needs to be removed from the discussion...of course most will never state publicly that they got conned by the con man but that is exactly what happened.  But if it is the DOJ that brings t down they can then blame the DOJ rather than admit that they have backed a conman loser.

 

The grift now is to pretend to be running for POTUS but play 18-27 holes of golf everyday while selling trading cards to the kool aide crew. How presidential.

Bottom line - 30 years jail sounds good, which would keep him silent, not allowed to use any form of media, therefore no more lies and less than honest comments.

Edited December 21, 2022 by scorecard

[bamnutsak]

Trump’s former White House ethics lawyer

 

 

This is a great punch-line.

 

Needs a good set-up.

 

"Who never worked a day in his life?"

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

Look at his rallies. This has nothing to do with don't liking Hillary, it is worshiping Trump.

IMO they don't "worship Trump" but he is the only one out there attacking Washington that can't be ignored. If they do, it's only in the same vein as some "worship" musicians or sportspeople.

I think anti Trumpers don't have a clue how much hatred there is for Washington and the establishment in the areas that support Trump.

 

Edited December 21, 2022 by thaibeachlovers

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, pomchop said:

That is why real evidence is required at trials....not a bunch of conspiracy theories pulled from rabbit holes like election fraud with no evidence.  The DOJ is well aware that real trials require real evidence.  Then the jury will decide what they believe and what they do not believe.  Will trumpers accept the verdict if it is guilty or will we go down the same tired road that it's all a giant witch hunt and donnie did not break any laws..

 

That " biased "committees most damning evidence presented was mostly testimony from republican trumpers who were there and had the gonads to say under oath what they saw and heard.  They knew full well that they would be attacked by the trumpers who see no evil hear no evil but don't have the courage to testify under oath.  

 

 

IMO what anti Trumpers don't understand is that many GOP dislike Trump as much as any Democrat. He promoted himself as anti Washington, which includes politicians of both parties. I'm not at all surprised that some GOP people spoke against him, or are on the biased committee.

[ozimoron]

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO they don't "worship Trump" but he is the only one out there attacking Washington that can't be ignored.

I think anti Trumpers don't have a clue how much hatred there is for Washington and the establishment in the areas that support Trump.

I think they understand very well. The increase of the white supremacist groups and calls for civil war and violent insurrection are not lost on anybody who's listening.

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3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO what anti Trumpers don't understand is that many GOP dislike Trump as much as any Democrat. He promoted himself as anti Washington, which includes politicians of both parties. I'm not at all surprised that some GOP people spoke against him, or are on the biased committee.

He did promote himself that way but as it turns out the rich and the powerful never had a better friend in office than Donald Trump. You would have to be under educated to believe otherwise.

[Chomper Higgot]

52 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO they don't "worship Trump" but he is the only one out there attacking Washington that can't be ignored. If they do, it's only in the same vein as some "worship" musicians or sportspeople.

I think anti Trumpers don't have a clue how much hatred there is for Washington and the establishment in the areas that support Trump.

 

They might hate Washington but it’s not uncommon for people receiving cash handouts to hate those giving them money:

 

https://smartasset.com/data-studies/states-most-dependent-on-the-federal-government-2022

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO they don't "worship Trump" but he is the only one out there attacking Washington that can't be ignored. If they do, it's only in the same vein as some "worship" musicians or sportspeople.

I think anti Trumpers don't have a clue how much hatred there is for Washington and the establishment in the areas that support Trump.

 

Proves how many folks will readily believe obvious lies and obvious less than honest statements.

[ThailandRyan]

3 hours ago, pomchop said:

So how many trumpers/republicans are secretly hoping that DOJ will indict and a jury will convict t of crimes that prevent him from holding office?  My guess is a substantial number as many of them are finally starting to realize that their dear leader is a dead loser that needs to be removed from the discussion...of course most will never state publicly that they got conned by the con man but that is exactly what happened.  But if it is the DOJ that brings t down they can then blame the DOJ rather than admit that they have backed a conman loser.

 

The grift now is to pretend to be running for POTUS but play 18-27 holes of golf everyday while selling trading cards to the kool aide crew. How presidential.

$99 NFT Super Trump cards to be exact...

[earlinclaifornia]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I doubt that most that voted for Trump didn't know what he was, but given a choice between bad and worst they went for bad.

Deny, Deflect, so he did it so what

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO what anti Trumpers don't understand is that many GOP dislike Trump as much as any Democrat. He promoted himself as anti Washington, which includes politicians of both parties. I'm not at all surprised that some GOP people spoke against him, or are on the biased committee.

Yet he is a bigger grifter and con man than Pelosi, Fientstein, and many others including his fellow Republicans.  Time the entire swamo is drained and we go back to living life as intended and not as indebted prisoners those in the US have become because of all of the free handouts.

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, earlinclaifornia said:

Deny, Deflect, so he did it so what

So off to prison and an orange jumpsuit....

[earlinclaifornia]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO they don't "worship Trump" but he is the only one out there attacking Washington that can't be ignored. If they do, it's only in the same vein as some "worship" musicians or sportspeople.

I think anti Trumpers don't have a clue how much hatred there is for Washington and the establishment in the areas that support Trump.

 

"Owning the Lib's " will get just so much support. Then it becomes tiring. Americans want results

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, earlinclaifornia said:

"Owning the Lib's " will get just so much support. Then it becomes tiring. Americans want results

But do they want ethical, honest, sincere politicians and political parties, and do they want some level of supporting each other?

 

In other words do they want their country to be a civil society with respect for each other regardless of colour, sexual direction, etc?

 

Or do they actually really want a white supremicist national christian country?

 

 

Edited December 21, 2022 by scorecard

[Phoenix Rising]

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

"sources say"

"Though the committee declined to identify the people"

 

LOL, LOL, LOL.

Sooooo, unidentified people claim something and certain people fall over themselves to believe this is factual. Hardly going to be submitted in a real law court, unlike the IMO biased cabal that is the committee.

 

LOL, LOL, LOL.

Perhaps leaked by the committee itself, or by the same people that made the anonymous claims.

LOL, LOL, LOL, or actually (and much more likely) it's spot on and correct. After all, during the trump "presidency" the WH was filled to the rafters with liars, grifters, yes-men, traitors and an assortment of other bottom dwellers so the story in the OP is just par for the course for that heap of trash.

[Phoenix Rising]

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

 

I think anti Trumpers don't have a clue how much hatred there is for Washington and the establishment in the areas that support Trump.

 

"Washington and the establishment" is only a diversion. It's the changing demographics of America that's really scaring blue collar White Americans.

Used to be that even if you were White and poor you at least had the privilege of being White. Each year that means less and less and blue collar White America doesn't like it.