Jul 08 Who is Pat Cipollone and why is he important to the Jan. 6 Committee? By Kenichi Serino Pat Cipollone, who served as White House counsel during the last two years of the Trump presidency, has become a key witness in the House Jan.6 committee’s investigation of the attack at the Capitol and the administration’s role on that… Continue reading
Jul 04 Jan. 6 committee member says new evidence against Trump coming in July hearings By Hope Yen, Associated Press A member of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot says more evidence is emerging that lends support to recent testimony that President Donald Trump wanted to join an angry mob that marched to the Capitol and rioted. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 8:52 Former White House aide’s testimony could pose new legal challenges for Trump By PBS NewsHour This week's remarkable testimony from White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson painted an incriminating picture of former President Trump’s actions around the Capitol insurrection, raising key questions about possible criminal charges and other consequences for Trump and his inner circle. Attorney… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 8:21 Top White House aide testifies Trump knew some Jan. 6 protestors were armed During the Jan. 6 committee hearing Tuesday, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows presented the most compelling and detailed account yet of the actions of the former President Trump's inner circle. Andrea Bernstein,… Continue watching
Jun 28 Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson enters spotlight after Jan. 6 testimony By Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker, Associated Press After months of testimony from a former attorney general and other powerful officials including Trump's daughter and son-in-law, it was a 25-year-old staffer who perhaps put Trump's conduct into its sharpest relief. Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: White House aide says Trump’s tweets about Pence on Jan. 6 were ‘unpatriotic’ By Associated Press In a public hearing before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, Hutchinson shared details about efforts to persuade Trump to speak out the next day and what the president wanted and didn’t want in the remarks. Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Gen. Mike Flynn pleaded the Fifth when asked if Jan. 6 violence was justified By Gabrielle Hays Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows testified on June 28 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings in their sixth public hearing. Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Cassidy Hutchinson testifies Trump aides were worried about possible legal trouble related to Jan. 6 By Associated Press Meadows told Hutchinson that “things might get real real bad," she said. Giuliani told her it was going to be “a great day” and “we're going to the Capitol.”… Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Trump lunged at agent who said he couldn’t go to Capitol amid Jan. 6 violence, aide says By Erica R. Hendry Upon hearing his security detail could not authorize a trip to the Capitol on Jan. 6, former President Donald Trump lunged at the secret service agent in charge of his security that day, according to testimony from a former senior… Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Former White House aide says Trump knew Jan. 6 protesters had weapons By Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri, Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Cassidy Hutchinson, a key aide in Trump’s White House, told the House committee that Trump was informed that people rallying on the mall that morning had weapons but he told officials to “let my people in” and march to the… Continue reading