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
Jun 28 WATCH: Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson introduces former White House aide as key witness By Associated Press Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee's chairman, said the panel called the hearing in light of “specific detailed information about what the former president and his aides were doing and saying in those critical hours.”… Continue reading
Jun 28 Who is Cassidy Hutchinson and why is she important to the Jan. 6 hearings? By Erica R. Hendry, Yasmeen Alamiri In testimony June 28, Hutchinson offered new details about what former President Donald Trump and Meadows knew in the days before the attack and how they responded while it was underway. Continue reading
Jun 28 Jan. 6 hearing to feature former Meadows aide as key witness from Trump White House By Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The House panel investigating the Capitol insurrection will hear testimony Tuesday from Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide in Donald Trump's White House. Continue reading