Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Mendous, Cassidy Hutchinson, testified before the commission investigating the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol. Her remarks before the congressional inquiry are perhaps the most convincing to date before the panel, depicting an irregular and violent Donald Trump in the events surrounding the Capitol uprising. He told the committee that the president said, “I do not care if they have weapons,” when he was warned that his supporters were heavily armed just before he encouraged them to march on the Capitol. As soon as the president ended his speech to a crowd of supporters on January 6, he was reportedly “outraged” that his security staff did not want to make an unscheduled visit to the Capitol, so much so that he tried to grab the wheel of the presidential limousine and allegedly attacked to a Secret Service agent. Finally, according to Ms. Hutchinson, as the rioters stormed the Capitol, the president said indifferently that Vice President Mike Pence “deserves” to have extremists shout that he should be hanged for refusing to overturn the 2020 election. The former president attacked the testimony, claiming that he hardly knew the “sick” Mrs. Hutchinson.
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A former White House aide shares Melania Trump’s fatal text that “refuses to calm the Capitol rioters”
A former White House aide shared a text message allegedly sent by Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, in which he refused to call on rioters in the US Capitol to stop all violence. Stephanie Grisham, a longtime loyalist to Trump who served as the press secretary to the former president and Mrs. Trump’s chief of staff, resigned a few hours after texting on Jan. 6, 2021, when a crowd of Trump supporters stormed the his election. defeat. “Do you want to write on Twitter that peaceful protests are the right of every American, but there is no room for lawlessness and violence?” Mrs. Grisham reportedly asked the First Lady. “No,” came the answer. Io Dodds has the full story. Josh Markus 29 June 2022 00:10 1656456744
Just when you think Trump’s conspiracy to overthrow the election could not be more shocking, it happens
It just so happens when you think that Donald Trump’s conspiracy to overthrow the 2020 election could not be more shocking. It is now clear why the Commission on 6 January felt compelled to convene this surprise hearing. To return from the break with a new listen and notice of only 24 hours showed that we were in something big. But even with the whole advertising campaign, I’m not sure anyone was prepared for what we heard today. Cassidy Hutchinson, Mark Meadows’s former Special Assistant, had just implicated Trump directly in the Capitol violence on Jan. 6 and revealed some of Trump’s personal violence to a Secret Service agent. In an explosive testimony, Cassidy Hutchinson revealed that Trump was informed of reports of possible violence on January 6 and was planning his rally anyway. Trump knew that his supporters were armed with weapons and armor and directed them to the Capitol anyway. Trump violently attacked his intelligence agent in an attempt to go to the Capitol himself. Trump said Mike Pence deserved to be hanged. Trump knew the Capitol was under siege and nevertheless sent a tweet attacking Pence. Trump was reluctant to do anything to stop the violence. And when it was all over, Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows apologized. Read more from Ahmed Baba’s insightful column in today’s hearing. Josh Markus 28 June 2022 23:52 1656455433
WATCH: Rudy Giuliani and Mark Mendow “wanted presidential favor” after Jan. 6, committee says
Some prominent Trump allies have called for precautionary pardons during the January 6 crisis, according to testimonies. The Jan. 6 committee has already heard MPs Matt Gaetz, Mo Brooks and Louie Gohmert apologize, and today Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide, added a few more names to the latter. Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows ‘wanted presidential favor’ after Jan. 6, panel says Josh Marcus 28 June 2022 23:30 1656454533
The House Republican Committee trolls the Jan. 6 hearing: “Was that their protagonist?”
House Republicans have apparently not been thrilled by today’s bombing hearing on January 6th. “Was that their protagonist?” So okay “, they uploaded on Twitter on Tuesday the account that belongs to the members of the Justice Committee of the House of Representatives, along with an emoji that is crying. Josh Markus 28 June 2022 23:15 1656453633
ICYMI: The other hearing on January 6 does not stop either
A lawyer linked to Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election has claimed that the FBI stopped him outside a restaurant and confiscated his phone. And a new video seems to show the moment the incident happened. In a court statement, John Eastman said federal agents approached him on the night of June 22. The details of the alleged incident were contained in a court file, in which the 62-year-old was trying to recover the property. Video of the incident shows federal agents stopping Mr Eastman, with the lawyer placing his hands over his head. Andrew Buncombe has the details. Josh Marcus 28 June 2022 23:00 1656452733
Full Committee Summary of January 6: A Wild Day of Testimony
Former President Donald Trump was not worried about reports that many of the supporters who attended his rally on January 6, 2021 in Ellipse were armed and wanted to parade to the US Capitol, however, a senior aide to the former White House Chief of Staff. , Mark Meadows. Parliament January 6 select committee on Tuesday. After questioning by Vice President Liz Cheney, former Assistant to the President Cassidy Hutchinson unveiled a series of bombs, making it clear that Mr. Trump and his closest allies knew exactly what was going on on the day of the uprising, but apparently the risk. Ms Hutchinson served as Mr Meadows ‘top aide during his tenure as the former president’ s chief of staff. The testimony of the former White House aide provided the select committee and the millions who watched the television proceedings with the most detailed description to date of how Trump and his top aides behaved before and during the pro-Trump uprising. The shocking revelations from Ms. Hutchinson included that Mr. Trump grabbed the steering wheel of his presidential limousine in an attempt to go to the Capitol to reunite with his supporters. Trump’s chief of staff warned that things could get “really, really bad” on January 6. Mr. Trump threw his lunch on the wall when his then-attorney general, Bill Barr, dismissed allegations of mass voter fraud in the 2020 election. Members of Trump’s inner circle apologized after the violence. and the selection committee has evidence of attempted falsification of witnesses. Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia have the full story. Josh Markus 28 June 2022 22:45 1656451833
Arizona lawmaker calls on Justice Department to indict Donald Trump and Mark Meadows
U.S. Rep. Ruben Galego is urging the Justice Department to indict Donald Trump and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows after a bruised testimony at a Jan. 6 hearing. “It’s frustrating to hear how widespread this conspiracy was,” the Arizona Democrat said in a video statement to Tuesda. “We need some action now,” he added. “We need Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice to show that they really hold people accountable. President Trump as well as Mark Meadows must be blamed. There is a clear violation. There is a clear intention to prevent us from certifying the Electorate, which is a crime. And that is how they should be treated. “ See his statements in detail below. Josh Marcus 28 June 2022 22:30 1656450933
Cassidy Hutchinson has testified. So why not other top Trump officials?
Mick Mulvaney, director of the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget, argues that if Cassidy Hutchinson can testify before the Jan. 6 committee, she will have to testify with other top Trump officials, including Commercial Adviser Peter Navarro and of Mark Meadows staff. “They would be covered by exactly the same levels of ‘executive privileges’ as, say, Peter Navarro or Mark Meadows,” Mulvaney wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “If he can testify, then so can they.” Both men, to varying degrees, have argued that their testimony is unlimited due to executive privileges. Mr Navarro has been accused of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a commission summons, for which he has pleaded not guilty, while the Justice Department has refused to beat Mr Meadows on similar charges. Josh Markus 28 June 2022 22:15 1656450023
“No”: Melania Trump refused to exchange messages to urge peaceful demonstrations on January 6, fmr. official allegations
As rioters stormed the US Capitol, Chief of Staff Stephanie Grisham urged her boss, First Lady Melania Trump, in a series of texts to condemn the violence. “You want to write on Twitter that peaceful demonstrations are the right of every American, but there is no room for lawlessness and violence,” Ms. Grisham wrote, according to a snapshot shared on Twitter on Tuesday. He reportedly met with a simple response from Mrs. Trump: “No.” The First Lady’s assistant resigned a day later. Josh Marcus 28 June 2022 22:00 1656448823
READ: Testimony describes coded threats by Trump allies not to testify against president
The Jan. 6 commission is concerned that Donald Trump and his allies may be trying to influence the testimony of witnesses before Congress. Witnesses described approaching anonymous Trumpworld members who suggested they not speak out against the president. Read their full statement below, through the January 6 committee. Josh Markus 28 June 2022 21:40
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Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Mendous, Cassidy Hutchinson, testified before the commission investigating the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol. He told the committee that the president said, “I do not care if they have weapons,” when he was warned that his supporters were heavily armed just before he encouraged them to march on the Capitol. As soon as the president ended his speech to crowds of supporters on January 6, he was reportedly “outraged” that his security staff did not want to make an unscheduled visit to the Capitol, so much so that he tried to get behind the wheel of the presidential limousine. and allegedly attacked a Secret Service agent. Finally, according to Ms. Hutchinson, as the rioters stormed the Capitol, the president said indifferently that Vice President Mike Pence “deserves” to have extremists shout that he should be hanged for refusing to overturn the 2020 election. The former president attacked the testimony, claiming that he hardly knew the “sick” Mrs. Hutchinson.
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John Eastman Rejects January 6 Commission’s attempt to block telephone records
John Eastman, a lawyer linked to Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit aimed at preventing the Jan. 6 commission from receiving his phone records. In a deposition late Tuesday, Mr Eastman dropped the lawsuit, saying he had received assurances from the commission that it was only to search the call logs and not the content of the messages. The Parliamentary selection committee has long said that it does not have the authority to receive the content of the messages. It happened as he claimed that the FBI stopped him outside a restaurant and snatched his phone. And a new video seems to show the moment the incident happened. Shweta Sharma29 June 2022 04:53 1656472533
ICYMI: Cassidy Hutchinson: Who is the former Meadows assistant who is testifying before the Jan. 6 committee?
The protagonist in the last-minute hearing of a select committee of the House on Tuesday, January 6, was not a top-level confidant, like former White House adviser Pat Shipolone or former Vice President Mike Pence. Instead, it was Cassidy Hutchinson who ousted the Trump administration as a special aide to the president who had been appointed assistant to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Here is Andrew Feinberg’s look at the amazing star witness. Josh Markus 29 June 2022 04:15 1656468933
Another shocking turn (sorry) on Steering Wheelgate
One of the strangest stories from today’s Jan. 6 hearing is that Donald Trump allegedly rushed to the wheel of a presidential limousine when he was upset that his staff was not taking him to the Capitol. The Secret Service said it was working with the commission to find out what happened. However, Bobby Engel, a senior Secret Service agent who protects Donald Trump, and the driver of the presidential limousine are both ready to testify that such an incident never happened, according to NBC News. Josh Markus 29 June 2022 03:15 1656466233
Monica Lewinsky trolls Trump after Jan. 6 hearing
Monica Lewinsky trolled Donald Trump on Tuesday, mocking the former president after a former aide testified that Trump tried to get behind the wheel of a presidential limousine on Jan. 6 when his staff did not take him to the Capitol. Mrs. Lewinsky, no stranger to a high profile self-listening, uses the Ole Guy Looking Past Girlfriend His Other Woman Meme to say what she thought was … well, you can try to resolve it. Slightly stale? Maybe. Strange but strangely appropriate symbol of our extremely online, repetitive, crude politics? Absolutely. Josh Marcus 29 June 2022 02:30 1656464433
Marjorie Taylor Greene and the GOP try and fail to drill holes in Cassidy Hutchinson’s shocking testimony on January 6
A handful of Republicans reacted publicly with contempt on Tuesday after Cassidy Hutchinson’s explosive testimony at a surprise January 6 committee hearing. But as the hearing drew to a close, it became clear that many – including Donald Trump himself – were shuddering at the latest revelations. Ms. Hutchinson is part of a long list of Republicans whose testimony the Jan. 6 committee decided to highlight. The growing chorus of both Trump-linked voices and other Republicans across the country have been deeply involved in the anti-narrative promoted by the GOP leadership at the Capitol, calling the hearings a party witch hunt. On Tuesday, she made a series of shocking remarks about the behavior of both Donald Trump and Mark Mendows, her immediate boss at the White House, where she served as a liaison between the West Wing and the Capitol, a position that makes her famous. face for many Republican lawmakers. Josh Marcus 29 June 2022 02:00 1656459933
Former lawmaker Ken Starr says today’s hearing is a “smoking weapon” in Trump election crime case
A former deputy to Ken Star, the prosecutor who launched the investigation that eventually led to Bill Clinton’s referral to the Monica Lewinsky scandal, says today’s January 6 hearing is the “smoking weapon” that could overthrow Donal. Trump. “There is no doubt that this creates a prima facie case for his criminal guilt on charges of insurgent conspiracy,” said New York Times Deputy Starr Sol Wisenberg and Peter Baker. See more about what conspiracy theories mean. Josh Markus June 29, 2022 00:45 1656458733
U.S. Secret Service willing to respond to “new allegations” after Trump snatched the helm
The U.S. Secret Service has offered to cooperate with a select House committee investigating the US Capitol attack following the testimony of a former White House aide who claimed that Donald Trump threw a driver into a presidential car and asked to be taken to the Capitol. . On June 28, the House select committee investigating the Trump’s mob attack was heard by Cassidy Hutchinson, then-assistant White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. In her testimony, she claimed that Tony Ornato, then White House Deputy Chief of Staff, had told her that Secret Service agent Robert Engel had repeatedly told Trump as they were returning to the White House that after his speech at the rally he was not to go to the Capitol. Then the former president allegedly said to him “I am the president of Tsabouka” and “take me to the Capitol now” while he extended his hand to the wheel. Mr Engel then allegedly grabbed his hand and Trump used his other hand to bring it closer to his neck, according to Hutchinson. Follow the breaking news here. Josh Markus June 29, 2022 00:25 1656457833
A former White House aide shares Melania Trump’s fatal text that “refuses to calm the Capitol rioters”
A former White House aide shared a text message allegedly sent by Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, in which he refused to call on rioters in the US Capitol to stop all violence. Stephanie Grisham, a longtime loyalist to Trump who served as the press secretary to the former president and Mrs. Trump’s chief of staff, resigned a few hours after texting on Jan. 6, 2021, when a crowd of Trump supporters stormed the his election. defeat. “Do you want to write on Twitter that peaceful protests are the right of every American, but there is no room for lawlessness and violence?” Mrs. Grisham reportedly asked the First Lady. “No,” came the answer. Io Dodds has the full story. Josh Markus 29 June 2022 00:10 1656456744
Just when you think Trump’s conspiracy to overthrow the election could not be more shocking, it happens
It just so happens when you think that Donald Trump’s conspiracy to overthrow the 2020 election could not be more shocking. It is now clear why the Commission on 6 January felt compelled to convene this surprise hearing. To return from the break with a new listen and notice of only 24 hours showed that we were in something big. But even with the whole advertising campaign, I’m not sure anyone was prepared for what we heard today. Cassidy Hutchinson, Mark Meadows’s former Special Assistant, had just implicated Trump directly in the Capitol violence on Jan. 6 and revealed some of Trump’s personal violence to a Secret Service agent. In an explosive testimony, Cassidy Hutchinson revealed that Trump was informed of reports of possible violence on January 6 and was planning his rally anyway. Trump knew that his supporters were armed with weapons and armor and directed them to the Capitol anyway. Trump violently attacked his intelligence agent in an attempt to go to the Capitol himself. Trump said Mike Pence deserved to be hanged. Trump knew the Capitol was under siege and nevertheless sent a tweet attacking Pence. Trump was reluctant to do anything to stop the violence. And when it was all over, Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows apologized. Read more from Ahmed Baba’s insightful column in today’s hearing. Josh Markus 28 June 2022 23:52 1656455433
WATCH: Rudy Giuliani and Mark Mendow “wanted presidential favor” after Jan. 6, committee says
Some prominent Trump allies have called for precautionary pardons during the January 6 crisis, according to testimonies. The Jan. 6 committee has already heard MPs Matt Gaetz, Mo Brooks and Louie Gohmert apologize, and today Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide, added a few more names to the latter. Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows ‘wanted presidential favor’ after Jan. 6, panel says Josh Marcus 28 June 2022 23:30
