Ruskin, a member of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, told MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Wednesday that Hutchinson, a former special assistant to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, was ” absolutely reliable. witness.” “She has no motive or interest in lying in any way. What we have on the other hand are some anonymous rumors about the feelings of specific agents. Look, anyone who wants to testify can come and testify under oath about what happened. “The only thing we are interested in is the truth,” he added. Ruskin added: “I expected Hutchinson as a young woman to tell the truth to come under fire from anonymous sources, but you know, this is Washington for you.” The Maryland Democrat said Hutchinson was sworn in before the entire state and that the country was able to “judge its conduct.” According to Ruskin, no one disputes the “central material facts” of her testimony: that “Donald Trump and Mark Mendows knew full well that there were armed men in the crowd” on January 6. He added that Trump wanted to allow the crowd to access his speech that day in order to “inflate the power of this crowd”, which he said the former president “aimed like a rocket at the US Capitol”. Ruskin stressed that Trump wanted to lead the way to the Capitol and that no one disputes the claim that he was outraged when he was told he could not attend. The MP reiterated that while he fully expected Hutchinson to be attacked, he spoke not only with credibility but also with authenticity. MSNBC’s Wlllie Geist also noted that anonymous sources would be used “in some places as evidence” that Hutchinson was not a credible witness if the story of the altercation turned out to be untrue. Geist asked Raskin if she was “sure” there would be additional evidence to support her story. Ruskin replied that he had not heard anything so far that contradicted her testimony. “It is in line with the many reports we have that the President was outraged and outraged that armed men were being held away from the crowd and also that he was unable to take part in the Mussolini-style march on the road to the Capitol so he could probably enter. [to] take over the presidency “. Harris clarifies plans for Biden re-election Saunders calls on airlines to reimburse passengers for flights delayed by more than an hour Hutchinson testified Tuesday that she learned of the incident from Tony Ornato, then-Trump’s deputy chief of staff, and that neither Ornato nor Robert Engel, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service on Jan. 6, had denied the allegations. description of the incident. . Since then, it has been reported by many media that Engel and the driver are ready to testify that neither of them was attacked by Trump and that the former president did not try to take the helm. The Secret Service said on Tuesday that it would have more to say about the allegations and that it was cooperating fully with the selection committee since its inception in the spring of 2021.
