Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) called Hutchinson’s appearance before the House Select Committee last Tuesday “inspirational for a lot of people.” “This happens every day. Every day, we have new people come forward and say, hey, I didn’t think maybe this piece of history that I knew was important, but now that you’re talking … I see that playing out in here,” Kinzinger said. he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Host Dana Bash asked if Americans will hear from new witnesses. “Yes. There will be — there is. There will be much more information. And stay tuned,” Kinzinger confirmed The committee suddenly announced a hearing last Tuesday to hear testimony from Hutchinson, a top aide to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.​​ Rep. Adam Kinzinger claimed more witnesses came forward before a House committee Jan. 6 after former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File Among her explosive claims, Hutchinson told lawmakers that an enraged Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his limousine after Secret Service agents told him they couldn’t take him to the Capitol on Jan. 6, then crashed into the neck of one of his agents. , He also said Trump told the Secret Service to allow his supporters to join the “Stop the Steal” rally earlier that day at the Ellipsis, even though he knew some of them had guns, in an effort to grow the crowd. ​”They’re not here to hurt me. Get the f-ing wizards [magnetometers] Far away. Let my people in. They can march on the Capitol from here,” she recalled the 45th president saying. Kinzinger said Hutchinson’s testimony was “inspirational for a lot of people.” Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesHutchinson testified that former President Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his limousine when Secret Service agents refused to drive him to the Capitol on the day of the riot. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images Cheney, the top Republican on the committee, told ABC News’ “This Week” that it was possible the committee would refer criminal charges to the Justice Department against Trump. “Ultimately, the Department of Justice will decide that. I think we might as well as a committee have a view on that and if you just think about it from the perspective of what kind of person knows that a mob is armed and sends the mob to attack the Capitol,” said Cheney, of Wyoming. in the interview broadcast on Sunday. When host Jonathan Karl asked Cheney, the committee’s vice chairman, whether a criminal indictment is possible, she replied, “Yes.” Rep. Liz Cheney said it’s possible the committee will file criminal charges against Trump with the Justice Department.ABC This Week Cheney, who is locked in a competitive race against a challenger in next month’s Wyoming Republican House primary, said people should be held accountable for what happened on Jan. 6. “I think it’s a much more serious constitutional threat if a president can engage in these kinds of activities and, you know, a majority of the president’s party looks the other way or we as a country decide, you know, we’re not going to take our constitutional obligations seriously. I think this is a much more serious threat,” he said. Both Cheney and Kinzinger also supported Hutchinson against allegations that she made the allegations about Trump.
Initial reports citing unidentified sources said the Secret Service disputed the claims about Trump in the limo. Other reports, however, said that Secret Service agents heard of a collision in the motorcade that day. Cheney said Hutchinson’s testimony “has significant evidence on a whole range of issues” about Trump and the insurgency. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images “The committee is not going to stand by and watch her character be assassinated by anonymous sources and by men claiming executive privilege. And so we very much look forward to additional testimony under oath on a whole host of issues,” Cheney said. Asked if the committee had information to corroborate Hutchinson’s testimony, Cheney said he “has significant evidence on a number of issues, including the president’s intense anger.” Kinzinger noted that while Trump and his allies disputed her testimony that the former president took the wheel, no one said she didn’t want to go to Capitol Hill or didn’t know about his supporters who were armed. , She said those who call Hutchinson a liar should testify under oath like she did. , “But we would definitely say that Cassidy Hutchinson has testified under oath. We find her credible,” Kinzinger said. “And anyone who wants to discount what was first-hand should come and testify under oath as well, and not through ​”anonymous sources”—quote without quotation marks—and possibly not an anonymous source.”