On Tuesday, Ms Hutchinson provided the select committee, and the millions watching the televised proceedings, with the most detailed account yet of how Trump and his top aides behaved before and during the worst attack on the US Capitol since 1814. The startling revelations from Ms Hutchinson included: Mr Trump grabbed the steering wheel of his presidential limousine in an attempt to go to Capitol Hill to join supporters. Mr Trump’s chief of staff warned that things could get “really, really bad” on January 6. Mr. Trump threw his lunch at the wall when his then-attorney general, Bill Barr, shot down allegations of massive voter fraud in the 2020 election, and members of Mr. Trump’s inner circle called for a pardon after the violence. According to the New York Times, the groundbreaking testimony became possible only after Ms. Hutchinson fired her previous attorney, Steven Pasadino. Mr Passantino, who served in the White House counsel’s office during Mr Trump’s presidency, represented Ms Hutchinson in her first three meetings with the panel, with his legal fees paid by a number of organisations. pro-Trump that have been created as part. of a support network for the former president and his allies. But for Ms. Hutchinson’s fourth appearance before the select committee, she hired Jody Hunt, an Alston and Bird partner who had served in Trump’s Justice Department under former attorney general Jeff Sessions. On Thursday, former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin told CNN’s New Day that she was at least partially responsible for the change. “A couple of months ago, I put her in touch with Congresswoman Cheney,” he said. “He got a new lawyer and that’s how this testimony came about.”
