Independent journalist and Sirius XM radio host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/shes-professionally-ruined-megyn-kelly-says-post-trial-amber-heard-is-unemployable/">Megyn Kelly</a> blew up Cassidy Hutchinson&#8217;s testimony before the January 6 Committee, arguing that &#8220;a first year law student could have driven a truck through the holes&#8221; in her story.
The former Fox News host opened her Thursday broadcast with a monologue about the ongoing January 6 Committee hearings, beginning with her own assessment of former President Donald Trump. Referencing her own debate questions about Trump&#8217;s temperament — and whether or not he was suited to the presidency — Kelly argued that Trump&#8217;s behavior when he lost the 2020 presidential election was a reasonable indicator that she had been right to ask about that.
Kelly then pivoted to the committee itself, saying that its only purpose from the beginning had been to damage Trump so badly that he could not run in 2024 — and she said that if they were only honest about that, she might be more interested in what they had to say.
&#8220;It cloaks itself in sanctimony, purporting to be a fair-minded, down-the-middle finder of fact, just looking to get to the truth of January 6th,&#8221; Kelly added. &#8220;It&#8217;s a lie. And they prove every time they get together it&#8217;s a lie.&#8221;
Kelly then moved on to address <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/just-brilliant-chris-wallace-uses-new-cnn-platform-to-fawn-over-cassidy-hutchinson/">Hutchinson&#8217;s testimony</a>, saying that her comments were &#8220;causing Democrats and the press to collapse onto their fainting couches.&#8221;
Breaking down Hutchinson&#8217;s testimony point by point, Kelly began with the claim the Trump allegedly knew that armed supporters of his were trying to get into the rally on January 6 — and that he encouraged Secret Service members to allow them in without forcing them to go through the metal detectors.
Kelly began by pointing to the evasive language Hutchinson used even as she gave her testimony, noting that she hadn&#8217;t really made a direct statement. Instead, she had been &#8220;in the vicinity of a conversation&#8221; that she &#8220;overheard&#8221; in which President Trump said &#8220;something to the effect of&#8221; about his supporters having weapons.
&#8220;What actually happened?&#8221; Kelly asked. &#8220;Did the Secret Service stop screening people? Were they let in? No one has suggested that &#8230; A first year law student could have driven a truck through the holes in that testimonial. Unfortunately, none was present yesterday, never mind a full-fledged lawyer presenting Donald Trump&#8217;s defense or even just pressing the witness on certain problems with her testimony.&#8221;
Kelly went on to say that she wasn&#8217;t suggesting Hutchinson was lying — only that there were problems with the former aide&#8217;s testimony that should have been challenged.
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Megyn Kelly Blows Up Cassidy Hutchinson Testimony: ‘A First Year Law Student Could Have Driven A Truck Through The Holes’

Megyn Kelly Blows Up Cassidy Hutchinson Testimony, Point By Point

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house">White House</a> aide under fire for her testimony to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6-committee">January 6 Committee</a> said Wednesday that she stands by her testimony.
“Ms. Hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday, under oath, to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol,” Cassidy Hutchinson’s attorneys Jody Hunt and William Jordan said in a statement to The Daily Wire.
Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as a White House aide during President Donald <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/trump-administration">Trump&#8217;s administration</a>, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/29/jan-6-hutchinson-secret-service-00043164">said</a> that senior Secret Service official Anthony Ornato had told her that an angry Trump attacked the head of his detail when agents refused to drive him to the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Her attorneys did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.
<div id="attachment_403095" style="width: 641px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-403095" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-403095 " src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GettyImages-1241601322-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="631" height="420" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/06/GettyImages-1241601322-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/06/GettyImages-1241601322-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/06/GettyImages-1241601322-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/06/GettyImages-1241601322-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/06/GettyImages-1241601322-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/06/GettyImages-1241601322-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/06/GettyImages-1241601322-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px" />Washington, DC &#8211; June 28 : Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, arrives to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to share its findings of its investigation, on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)</div>
She also claimed that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the limousine, and that the lead of the security detail, Bobby Engel, told him, “Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel.” At that point, Hutchinson claimed she was told, Trump allegedly lunged at the agent and assaulted him.
The United States Secret Service (USSS) told The Daily Wire on Wednesday that they were not contacted by the committee about Hutchinson’s claims before the committee aired them as a blockbuster special.
And CNN <a href="https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1541910869323517954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1541938642918178819%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fsecret-service-january-6-committee-didnt-verify-explosive-claim-that-trump-assaulted-an-agent%3F3Futm_source%3Dtwitterutm_medium%3Dsocialutm_campaign%3Ddwtwitter">reported Tuesday</a> that a USSS official said Ornato disputes Hutchinson’s story — and that both Ornato and Trump’s security chief Robert Engel are willing to deny the story. ABC also <a href="https://twitter.com/Santucci/status/1541918674642259968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1541918674642259968%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftestimony-of-cassidy-hutchinson-appears-to-fall-apart-as-new-reports-surface-about-secret-service">reported</a> that the Secret Service is prepared to deny the story.
Trump referred to Hutchinson as a “phony social climber” in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
“The lies and fabricated stories being told to the partisan Highly Unselect Committee, not only by the phony social climber who got caught yesterday, but by many others, are a disgrace to our, in serious decline, Nation,” the former president said.
“No cross examination, no real Republicans, no lawyers, NO NOTHING,” he continued. “Fake stories and an all Fake Narrative being produced, with ZERO pushback allowed. Unselects should be forced to disband. WITCH HUNT!”
January 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) did not respond to requests for comment for this story.

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Under-Fire White House Aide ‘Stands By’ Her Crumbling January 6 Testimony

J6 Witness 'Stands By' Her Trump Story Amid Reports That Secret Service Will Contradict 

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6-committee">January 6 committee</a> did not reach out to the United States <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/secret-service">Secret Service</a> (USSS) before airing claims that former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> got into a physical altercation with his security on the day of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/capitol-riot">Capitol Riot</a>, the service said Wednesday.
Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house">White House</a> aide during the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/29/jan-6-hutchinson-secret-service-00043164">said</a> that senior Secret Service official Anthony Ornato had told her that an angry Trump attacked the head of his detail when agents refused to drive him to the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
She also claimed that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the limousine, and that the lead of the security detail, Bobby Engel, told him, “Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel.&#8221; At that point, Hutchinson claimed she was told, Trump allegedly lunged at the agent and assaulted him.
The Secret Service was not contacted by the committee about Hutchinson&#8217;s claims before the committee aired them as a blockbuster special, Anthony Guglielmi, United States Secret Service Chief of Communications, confirmed to The Daily Wire on Wednesday.
And Hutchinson&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/testimony-of-cassidy-hutchinson-appears-to-fall-apart-as-new-reports-surface-about-secret-service">claims appear to have</a> quickly fallen apart.
CNN reported Tuesday that a USSS official said Ornato disputes Hutchinson&#8217;s story — and that both Ornato and Trump&#8217;s security chief Robert Engel are willing to deny the story. ABC also <a href="https://twitter.com/Santucci/status/1541918674642259968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1541918674642259968%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftestimony-of-cassidy-hutchinson-appears-to-fall-apart-as-new-reports-surface-about-secret-service">reported</a> that the Secret Service is prepared to deny the story.
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But Guglielmi declined to confirm or deny Hutchinson&#8217;s claims to The Daily Wire.
&#8220;We will share our first hand account with the Committee, on the record,&#8221; he said in an email. &#8220;It’s not appropriate for us to make these comments in the media before we have a chance to address members of Congress.&#8221;
Trump himself referred to Hutchinson as a &#8220;phony social climber&#8221; in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
&#8220;The lies and fabricated stories being told to the partisan Highly Unselect Committee, not only by the phony social climber who got caught yesterday, but by many others, are a disgrace to our, in serious decline, Nation,&#8221; the former president said.
&#8220;No cross examination, no real Republicans, no lawyers, NO NOTHING,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Fake stories and an all Fake Narrative being produced, with ZERO pushback allowed. Unselects should be forced to disband. WITCH HUNT!&#8221;
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A spokeswoman for Trump directed The Daily Wire to his social media points when asked for comment.
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January 6 committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) admitted that Hutchinson&#8217;s testimony was only hearsay during a Tuesday CNN interview.
“She did not see it happen,” CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/january-6-committee-member-admits-star-witness-evidence-is-hearsay-no-corroborating-evidence">said to Raskin</a>. “Do you have any corroborating evidence? You have interviewed both Ornato, or the committee has interviewed both Engle and Ornato, two Secret Service agents. Do you have any corroborating evidence that that story is true or do you only have it from Cassidy Hutchinson?”
“Well, um, the story that she told is the evidence that I’m aware of, at least within her story, and I’ve not seen anything to contradict it,” Raskin responded. “And then, of course, it’s corroborated by everything else we know about Donald Trump’s eagerness to not just incite this march and assemble the march and form the march and exhort the people in the march, but also to participate in it, he wanted to go into it.”
January 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this story.
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Secret Service: January 6 Committee Didn’t Verify Explosive Claim That Trump Assaulted An Agent

J6 Committee Didn't Verify Explosive Claim That Trump Assaulted An Agent, Secret Service Says

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Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann delivered a damaging blow to Cassidy Hutchinson&#8217;s testimony against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday as he claims that he wrote the handwritten note that Hutchinson told the January 6 House select committee that she wrote.
The note that Hutchinson claims that she wrote stated, &#8220;Anyone who entered the Capitol without proper authority should leave immediately.&#8221;
&#8220;Herschmann is claiming that a handwritten note regarding a potential statement for then-President Donald Trump to release during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was written by him during a meeting at the White House that afternoon, and not by White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson,&#8221; ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-white-house-attorney-disputes-cassidy-hutchinsons-testimony/story?id=85898838">reported</a>. &#8220;At Tuesday&#8217;s Jan. 6 committee hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney displayed a handwritten note which Hutchinson testified she wrote after Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows handed her a note card and pen to take his dictation.&#8221;
One source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Daily Wire that Herschmann is claiming that he wrote the note, and not Hutchinson.
&#8220;The handwritten note that Cassidy Hutchinson testified was written by her was in fact written by Eric Herschmann on January 6, 2021,&#8221; a spokesperson for Eric Herschmann told ABC News. &#8220;All sources with direct knowledge and law enforcement have and will confirm that it was written by Mr. Herschmann.&#8221;
Herschmann is a widely respected attorney who came came out of quasi-retirement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-craziest-meeting-of-trump-era-top-trump-official-combatted-conspiracies-was-primed-to-brawl">to protect Trump</a> against those around the president who were giving him bad advice.
&#8220;Anyone that has ever worked with Eric Herschmann knows that the handwriting on that note is his,&#8221; political strategist Arthur Schwartz wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Cassidy lied through her teeth and Liz Cheney knew she was lying.&#8221;
The credibility of the explosive claims that Hutchinson made during her testimony was further weakened on Tuesday afternoon when reports surfaced indicating that the Secret Service was expected to push back on claims that she made.
Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, claimed that Trump on the day of the January 6 rally tried to get Secret Service to take him to the U.S. Capitol building, and that he became enraged when they would not do it because the area was not secure.
Hutchinson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-white-house-aide-levels-explosive-claims-against-trump-during-hearing">claimed</a> that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the armored presidential limousine and that Bobby Engel, who was the lead security detail, had to tell him, “Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel.” Hutchinson claimed that Trump then lunged at and assaulted the agent.
Hutchinson claims that she was told this information from Anthony Ornato, a senior Secret Service official who was detailed to the White House and served as deputy chief of operations.
CNN&#8217;s Shimon Prokupecz reported that “a Secret Service official familiar with the matter told CNN that Tony Ornato denies telling Cassidy Hutchinson that the former president grabbed the steering wheel or an agent on his detail.”
John Santucci, executive editorial producer for ABC News, added that the Secret Service is expected to come out and deny Hutchinson’s claims.
“Source close to the Secret Service tells @PierreTABC to expect the Secret Service to push back against any allegation of an assault against an agent or President Trump reaching for the steering wheel,” Santucci said.
“Tony Ornato is denying that he told Cassidy Hutchinson Trump grabbed the steering wheel in presidential vehicle on 1/6 or lunged at a fellow agent, a USSS official tells @joshscampbell,” Gabby Orr, a CNN reporter, tweeted. “CNN confirms that Ornato &amp; Engel are prepared to testify that neither incident occurred.”
NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander tweeted, “A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.”
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Top Former White House Lawyer Delivers Devastating Blow To Cassidy Hutchinson Testimony

The explosive testimony delivered by former White House official Cassidy Hutchinson Tuesday to the January 6 House select committee appears to be falling apart as more reports surface of pushback coming from the U.S. Secret Service and other individuals.
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, claimed that Trump on the day of the January 6 rally tried to get Secret Service to take him to the U.S. Capitol building, and that he became enraged when they would not do it because the area was not secure.
Hutchinson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-white-house-aide-levels-explosive-claims-against-trump-during-hearing">claimed</a> that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the armored presidential limousine and that Bobby Engel, who was the lead security detail, had to tell him, “Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel.” Hutchinson claimed that Trump then lunged at and assaulted the agent.
Hutchinson claims that she was told this information from Anthony Ornato, a senior Secret Service official who was detailed to the White House and served as deputy chief of operations.
CNN&#8217;s Shimon Prokupecz reported that &#8220;a Secret Service official familiar with the matter told CNN that Tony Ornato denies telling Cassidy Hutchinson that the former president grabbed the steering wheel or an agent on his detail.&#8221;
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UPDATE: A Secret Service official familiar with the matter told CNN that Tony Ornato denies telling Cassidy Hutchinson that the former president grabbed the steering wheel or an agent on his detail.
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John Santucci, executive editorial producer for ABC News, added that the Secret Service is expected to come out and deny Hutchinson&#8217;s claims.
&#8220;Source close to the Secret Service tells @PierreTABC to expect the Secret Service to push back against any allegation of an assault against an agent or President Trump reaching for the steering wheel,&#8221; Santucci said.
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New: Source close to the Secret Service tells <a href="https://twitter.com/PierreTABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PierreTABC</a> to expect the Secret Service to push back against any allegation of an assault against an agent or President Trump reaching for the steering wheel.
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&#8220;Tony Ornato is denying that he told Cassidy Hutchinson Trump grabbed the steering wheel in presidential vehicle on 1/6 or lunged at a fellow agent, a USSS official tells @joshscampbell,&#8221; Gabby Orr, a CNN reporter, tweeted. &#8220;CNN confirms that Ornato &amp; Engel are prepared to testify that neither incident occurred.&#8221;
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Tony Ornato is denying that he told Cassidy Hutchinson Trump grabbed the steering wheel in presidential vehicle on 1/6 or lunged at a fellow agent, a USSS official tells <a href="https://twitter.com/joshscampbell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@joshscampbell</a>. CNN confirms that Ornato &amp; Enger are prepared to testify that neither incident occurred.
&mdash; Gabby Orr (@GabbyOrr_) <a href="https://twitter.com/GabbyOrr_/status/1541940680716599298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander tweeted, “A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.”
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🚨 A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.
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Testimony Of Cassidy Hutchinson Appears To Fall Apart As New Reports Surface About Secret Service

Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s lead Secret Service agent is reportedly ready to testify that testimony given by a former White House staffer on Wednesday to the January 6 House select committee is false.
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, claimed that Trump on the day of the January 6 rally tried to get Secret Service to take him to the U.S. Capitol building, and that he became enraged when they would not do it because the area was not secure.
Hutchinson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-white-house-aide-levels-explosive-claims-against-trump-during-hearing">claimed</a> that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the armored presidential limousine and that Bobby Engel, who was the lead security detail, had to tell him, “Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel.” Hutchinson claimed that Trump then lunged at and assaulted the agent.
NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander tweeted, &#8220;A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.&#8221;
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🚨 A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.
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The Secret Service responded to Hutchinson&#8217;s claims in a statement, &#8220;U.S. Secret Service has been cooperating with the Select Committee since its inception in spring 2021, and will continue to do so, including by responding on the record to the Committee regarding the new allegations surfaced in today’s testimony.&#8221;
Washington Post reporter Josh Dawsey noted on Twitter that the January 6 select committee &#8220;has Secret Service testimony that would seemingly corroborate or dispute what Cassidy Hutchinson said today, but it wasn&#8217;t played.&#8221;
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Here&#39;s the thing. The committee has Secret Service testimony that would seemingly corroborate or dispute what Cassidy Hutchinson said today, but it wasn&#39;t played. Unclear why.
&mdash; Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1541877869747617795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Trump responded to the allegations by writing on social media: &#8220;I hardly know who this person, Cassidy Hutchinson, is, other than I heard very negative things about her (a total phony and ‘leaker’), and when she requested to go with certain others of the team to Florida after my having served a full term in office, I personally turned her request down.&#8221;
&#8220;Why did she want to go with us if she felt we were so terrible?&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;I understand that she was very upset and angry that I didn’t want her to go, or be a member of the team. She is bad news!&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s claim that Hutchinson wanted to work for him after he left the White House is somewhat corroborated by a January 14, 2021, tweet from Bloomberg News reporter Jennifer Jacobs, who wrote: &#8220;Aides had assumed Trump would fly to Mar-a-Lago when he leaves White House but now it’s definite: he’s heading to Florida, and several aides will continue to work for him, including Nick Luna, Molly Michael, Cassidy Hutchinson.&#8221;
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NEWS: Aides had assumed Trump would fly to Mar-a-Lago when he leaves White House but now it’s definite: he’s heading to Florida, and several aides will continue to work for him, including Nick Luna, Molly Michael, Cassidy Hutchinson, sources tell me and <a href="https://twitter.com/SalehaMohsin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SalehaMohsin</a>. Story TK.
&mdash; Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1349886404873089026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Trump later added that he did not &#8220;want or request that we make room for people with guns to watch my speech. Who would ever want that? Not me!&#8221;
&#8220;Besides, there were no guns found or brought into the Capitol Building,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;So where were all of these guns?&#8221;
Trump then said that her claims that he tried to grab the steering wheel were &#8220;fake&#8221; and that the allegation was &#8220;sick and fraudulent, very much like the Unselect Committee itself.&#8221;
&#8220;Wouldn’t even have been possible to do such a ridiculous thing,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Her story of me throwing food is also false…and why would SHE have to clean it up, I hardly knew who she was?&#8221;

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Former President Donald Trump responded Tuesday to explosive allegations made by a former White House staffer during a January 6 House select committee hearing by questioning the witness’ credibility.
Cassidy Hutchinson, 25, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-white-house-aide-levels-explosive-claims-against-trump-during-hearing">claimed</a> that Trump on the day of the January 6, 2021, rally, which later turned into a riot, tried to get Secret Service to take him to the U.S. Capitol building, and that he became enraged when they would not do it because the area was not secure.
Hutchinson claimed that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of armored presidential limousine and that Bobby Engel, who was the lead security detail, had to tell him, “Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel.” Hutchinson then claimed that Trump then lunged at the agent.
Hutchinson claimed that Trump was “furious” that apparently many of his supporters did not want to enter the rally space on January 6, 2021, because there were magnetometers, also known as “mags,” that were being used to screen for weapons.
“I don’t f***ing care that they have weapons,” Hutchinson claimed she heard Trump tell the Secret Service. “They’re not here to hurt me. Take the f***ing mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here.”
Trump responded to the allegations by writing on social media: &#8220;I hardly know who this person, Cassidy Hutchinson, is, other than I heard very negative things about her (a total phony and ‘leaker’), and when she requested to go with certain others of the team to Florida after my having served a full term in office, I personally turned her request down.&#8221;
&#8220;Why did she want to go with us if she felt we were so terrible?&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;I understand that she was very upset and angry that I didn’t want her to go, or be a member of the team. She is bad news!&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s claim that Hutchinson wanted to work for him after he left the White House is somewhat corroborated by a January 14, 2021, tweet from Bloomberg News reporter Jennifer Jacobs, who wrote: &#8220;Aides had assumed Trump would fly to Mar-a-Lago when he leaves White House but now it’s definite: he’s heading to Florida, and several aides will continue to work for him, including Nick Luna, Molly Michael, Cassidy Hutchinson.&#8221;
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NEWS: Aides had assumed Trump would fly to Mar-a-Lago when he leaves White House but now it’s definite: he’s heading to Florida, and several aides will continue to work for him, including Nick Luna, Molly Michael, Cassidy Hutchinson, sources tell me and <a href="https://twitter.com/SalehaMohsin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SalehaMohsin</a>. Story TK.
&mdash; Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1349886404873089026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Trump later added that he did not &#8220;want or request that we make room for people with guns to watch my speech. Who would ever want that? Not me!&#8221;
&#8220;Besides, there were no guns found or brought into the Capitol Building,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;So where were all of these guns?&#8221;
Trump then said that her claims that he tried to grab the steering wheel were &#8220;fake&#8221; and that the allegation was &#8220;sick and fraudulent, very much like the Unselect Committee itself.&#8221;
&#8220;Wouldn’t even have been possible to do such a ridiculous thing,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Her story of me throwing food is also false…and why would SHE have to clean it up, I hardly knew who she was?&#8221;

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Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, made explosive claims against former President Donald Trump during her testimony Tuesday in front of the January 6 select committee.
Hutchinson, 25, claimed that Trump on the day of rally, which later turned into a riot, tried to get Secret Service to take him to the U.S. Capitol building, and that he became enraged when they would not do it because the area was not secure.
Hutchinson claimed that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of armored presidential limousine and that Bobby Engel, who was the lead security detail, had to tell him, “Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel.”
Hutchinson claimed that Trump then lunged at the agent.
Hutchinson claimed that Trump was “furious” that apparently many of his supporters did not want to enter the rally space on January 6, 2021, because there were magnetometers, also known as &#8220;mags,&#8221; that were being used to screen for weapons.
“I don’t f***ing care that they have weapons,” Hutchinson claimed she heard Trump tell the Secret Service. “They’re not here to hurt me. Take the f***ing mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here.”
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“I am the effing president, take me up to the Capitol now.”
Cassidy Hutchinson says Trump reached to grab the steering wheel when his security detail refused to take him to the Capitol — and lunged at his clavicle. <a href="https://t.co/X6UQZvf1iT">pic.twitter.com/X6UQZvf1iT</a>
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There was strong pushback to her claims online by many on the political Right who questioned whether some of her claims, like Trump grabbing the steering wheel, was even possible.
There were a couple of former White House staffers who came out and supported Hutchinson as they listened to her give her testimony.
&#8220;My guess is that before this is over, we will be hearing testimony from Ornato, Engle, and Meadows,&#8221; Mick Mulvaney, who previously served as Trump&#8217;s acting chief of staff, said. &#8220;This is explosive stuff. If Cassidy is making this up, they will need to say that. If she isn&#8217;t they will have to corroborate. I know her. I don&#8217;t think she is lying.&#8221;
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My guess is that before this is over, we will be hearing testimony from Ornato, Engle, and Meadows. 
This is explosive stuff. If Cassidy is making this up, they will need to say that. If she isn&#39;t they will have to corroborate.
I know her. I don&#39;t think she is lying.
&mdash; Mick Mulvaney (@MickMulvaney) <a href="https://twitter.com/MickMulvaney/status/1541844207974899714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Anyone downplaying Cassidy Hutchinson’s role or her access in the West Wing either doesn’t understand how the Trump WH worked or is attempting to discredit her because they’re scared of how damning this testimony is,&#8221; Sarah Matthews, former White House deputy press secretary, tweeted. &#8220;For those complaining of &#8216;hearsay,&#8217; I imagine the Jan. 6 committee would welcome any of those involved to deny these allegations under oath.&#8221;
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For those complaining of “hearsay,” I imagine the Jan. 6 committee would welcome any of those involved to deny these allegations under oath.
&mdash; Sarah Matthews (@SarahAMatthews1) <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahAMatthews1/status/1541846370012856325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The man who served as sergeant-at-arms for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate">U.S. Senate</a> during the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6">January 6 riot</a> and later suggested that &#8220;professional agitators&#8221; might be to blame for the incident has been found dead, according to reports
Michael Stenger’s death comes amid the House of Representatives’ investigation of the riot at the U.S. Capitol last year. No cause of death was given for Stenger, a 35-year veteran of the Secret Service and a former U.S. Marine.
“Fox confirms that Michael Stenger, the Senate Sergeant at Arms who was in charge of Senate security the day of the Capitol riot, has died,” tweeted Fox News Channel’s Chad Pergram.
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1) Fox confirms that Michael Stenger, the Senate Sergeant at Arms who was in charge of Senate security the day of the Capitol riot, has died.
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Despite a lack of details, speculation swirled on social media, in part due to Stenger’s proximity to the ongoing probe. The medical examiner in Virginia did not handle the death of Stenger, who lived in Falls Church, a spokesman said, in an indication it was not deemed suspicious. Fox News <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1541800474768187398?s=20&amp;t=sIyj2HL285p0dSdsrh9jyg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Stenger had cancer.
Stenger, 71, was faulted along with former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund in a report by the Senate Rules Committee for not requesting aid from the National Guard. Soon-to-be-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) vowed to fire Stenger, who had held the post since 2018, if he was not ousted by January 20, 2021.
Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “requested and received the resignation” of Stenger on Jan. 7, 2021.
“The ultimate blame for yesterday lies with the unhinged criminals who broke down doors, trampled our nation’s flag, fought with law enforcement, and tried to disrupt our democracy, and with those who incited them,” McConnell said at the time. “But this fact does not and will not preclude our addressing the shocking failures in the Capitol’s security posture and protocols.”
Sund never submitted a formal request to the Capitol Police Board for National Guard assistance ahead of the  riots, according to the Senate report. He had informal conversations with Stenger and Stenger’s House counterpart, Paul Irving, but no one acted on the matter in advance of the riots, carried out by Trump supporters hoping to stop President-Elect Joe Biden from being formally elected.
The death of Stenger Monday night came on the eve of another hearing before the House panel investigating January 6 that was added at the last minute. Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is slated to testify amid “recently obtained evidence and receive witness testimony.”
Stenger defended himself last year while <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1364249587469418497?s=20&amp;t=yDDLP0elCJDYU9D8jEJE8Q">testifying in the Senate investigation</a>, and implied that the riots may have been fueled by “professional agitators.”
“There is an opportunity to learn lessons from the events of January 6,” he said. “Investigations should be considered as to funding and travel of what appears to be professional agitators.”

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Senate Sergeant-At-Arms During Jan. 6 Found Dead; Had Suggested 'Professional Agitators' Were To Blame

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Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert used his opening monologue on Monday to defend his staffers arrested last week for unlawfully entering an office building at the United States Capitol.
The group of nine staffers included Robert Smigel, the voice of a puppet known as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who was conducting interviews related to the January 6 committee hearings.
Colbert said the encounter caused an unpleasant experience for his staff, and a lot of paperwork for the Capitol Police, but was a &#8220;fairly simple&#8221; story.
&#8220;Until the next night when a couple of the TV people started claiming my puppet squad &#8216;committed insurrection&#8217; at the U.S. Capitol Building,&#8221; Colbert said.
&#8220;I&#8217;m shocked I have to explain the difference,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But an insurrection involves disrupting the lawful actions of Congress and howling for the blood of elected leaders, all to prevent the peaceful transfer of power — this was first-degree puppetry.&#8221;
Colbert claimed Triumph and the production team offered to travel to Washington, D.C., and interview Democrats and Republicans inside congressional offices “across the street&#8221; from the U.S. Capitol.
&#8220;They went through security clearance, shot all day Wednesday, all day Thursday, invited into the offices of the congresspeople they were interviewing,&#8221; he said.
But <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-details-emerge-about-stephen-colbert-staffers-who-were-arrested-for-unlawful-entry-into-u-s-house-building">according</a> to a U.S. Capitol Police statement, &#8220;responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway.&#8221;
However, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) said in a letter addressed to the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police that the staffers were part of a group who were directed by USCP officers to leave the building earlier in the day.
According to the letter, the individuals reportedly gained access back into the building through Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-CA) and Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), a member of the House Select Committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021.
&#8220;These individuals were arrested and charged with unlawful entry after causing &#8216;disturbances&#8217; at the offices of several Republican members, including &#8216;banging&#8217; on their office doors,&#8221; the letter reads.
A spokesperson for CBS — Colbert&#8217;s network — told Fox News that &#8220;after leaving the members&#8217; offices on their last interview of the day, the production team stayed to film stand-ups and other final comedy elements in the halls when they were detained by Capitol Police.&#8221;
Authorities have arrested more than 840 people for storming the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, with 185 receiving criminal sentences.
According to the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the District of Columbia, more than 80 defendants have been charged with entering a restricted area with a dangerous or deadly weapon, more than 50 defendants have been charged with destruction of government property, and approximately 35 defendants have been charged with theft of government property.

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WASHINGTON — As the Democrat-led committee investigating the Capitol riot holds its hearings in Washington D.C., families of those imprisoned over the January 6 incident beg Americans to remember their loved ones.
Although many of the suspects face serious charges, including assault, their families and advocates say they are being denied due process while being held in Washington-area lockups. They also claim the men are suffering physically and psychologically as they await court hearings nearly a year-and-a-half after the riots.
&#8220;There is not one day that goes by that my kids do not say that they miss their father,&#8221; Bonnie Nichols, mother to two boys aged five and seven, tearfully told The Daily Wire. &#8220;They don&#8217;t know when dad is going to come home. We talk about &#8216;when daddy does come home, we&#8217;re going to do this and daddy&#8217;s going to play with you and that he&#8217;s going to do all of these things&#8217; to give them hope and to help them visualize what it&#8217;s going to look like in this.&#8221;
Nichols&#8217; husband, 31-year-old Ryan Taylor Nichols, was arrested and charged with obstruction of an official proceeding; assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon; theft of government property; and more.
Nichols&#8217; attorney has argued that he was swept up in the riot, <a href="https://www.news-journal.com/news/public_safety/federal-judge-denies-pretrial-release-for-longview-man-accused-in-jan-6-riots-at-u/article_9ac40cd4-61ed-11ec-9887-b7c15d7fa661.html">the Long-View News Journal reported</a>, but prosecutors said that Nichols thought the 2020 election results were illegitimate and sought to prevent the certification of the election through any means necessary, as shown by his illegal possession of a crowbar and pepper spray on Capitol grounds, according to the District of Colombia <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1356236/download">affidavit</a>.
The publication reported that prosecutors argued in November that he &#8220;presents a clear, concrete, and continuing danger to the community.&#8221; His wife believes he has been denied his &#8220;due process rights,&#8221; concurrent with statements made in a fall 2021 <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/536779608/Ryan-Nichols-Motion-for-Modification-of-Bail-to-Place-Defendant-on-Conditional-Release-Pending-Trial">motion</a> by his attorney regarding bail conditions.
&#8220;He&#8217;s been denied access to worship,&#8221; said Bonnie, who described the D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility where he is being held as &#8220;the D.C. gulag.&#8221;
&#8220;He hasn&#8217;t seen sunlight in months. He doesn&#8217;t have a proper, healthy diet. And due to the conditions of confinement, one of the major side effects and prolonged side effects is vision loss.&#8221;
&#8220;Worst of all,&#8221; she said, &#8220;he&#8217;s been denied access to see his children due to COVID. I have two young boys ages five and seven, and they share with me every night how they are concerned that their father is not going to come home. And my youngest is five, and he doesn&#8217;t even remember what his father looks like anymore.&#8221;
Cynthia Hughes, founder of the Patriot Freedom Project, told The Daily Wire that Timothy Hale-Cusanelli has also been held in the D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility since February 3, 2021. Hughes is a family friend of Hale-Cusanelli, and refers to herself as his &#8220;adoptive aunt.&#8221; Timothy Hale-Cusanelli is a 12-year army reserve veteran, she said, who lost his housing and his job and was thrown out of the army last year after he was arrested.
&#8220;He has been denied all religious services,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He&#8217;s been denied all grooming services. He&#8217;s been denied all access to me seeing him. I have not been able to even so much as have a video visit with him. I get to talk to him once a day. He had a trial two weeks ago. I saw him at trial. He does not look healthy, he does not look well.&#8221;
Hale-Cusanelli was a contractor at a New Jersey Naval Weapons Station as well as a U.S. Army Reserves member who was found guilty on all charges relating to his illegal entry into the Capitol, according to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/05/27/1101841769/former-army-reservist-and-alleged-white-supremacist-found-guilty-in-capitol-riot">NPR</a>. His former coworkers claimed he harbored white supremacist views, with them recalling statements such as &#8220;Hitler should have finished the job.&#8221;
Hughes said that Hale-Cusanelli developed severe ear infections while incarcerated that became so bad that his ear began bleeding. The inmate begged for help but was denied medical care for a long time, she said, adding that he developed the same infection with the same symptoms in the other ear later on.
&#8220;When we went to trial I was not allowed to embrace him, I was not allowed to hug him,&#8221; Hughes added. &#8220;He was treated like a hardened criminal, like a murderer.&#8221;
Authorities arrested Robert Morss, who is in his late twenties, in June 2021 and charged him with &#8220;federal offenses that include assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers; obstruction of an official proceeding; civil disorder; and robbery of personal property of the United States,&#8221; <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/pennsylvania-man-arrested-assault-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach">the DOJ said in a press release</a>.
His mother told The Daily Wire that he has been imprisoned for more than a year. She said he was subjected to &#8220;terrible&#8221; conditions while incarcerated at the D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility before being transferred to Northern Neck Regional Jail in Virginia.
&#8220;There were times when his rations there smelled like cleaning fluid, there are pubic hairs in his food sometimes, and the drinking water was dirty, absolutely terrible mold in the cells, roaches lived amongst them, that type of thing,&#8221; she said.
She also claimed that he was the victim of an unprovoked, &#8220;extensive&#8221; assault that had a &#8220;sexual component to it.&#8221; Morss believes the attack occurred because the guards were &#8220;frustrated&#8221; with his attorney and were acting out of retaliation against his representation.
&#8220;There were five guards,&#8221; she said of this alleged assault, saying it &#8220;included mace&#8221; and &#8220;him being naked.&#8221;
&#8220;It was really horrific,&#8221; the prisoner&#8217;s mother said.
&#8220;It&#8217;s extremely painful because you wouldn&#8217;t imagine that anything like this could happen in America,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And with his training, I know that he is strong. He can withstand a lot. But really, there&#8217;s only so much a person can take. And so, you know, my heart is very sad for him and what he is having to endure and what is being ignored by so many.&#8221;
The DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment concerning the alleged assault on the inmate. According to the June 2021 DOJ press release, Morss led &#8220;an assault on police and organized support from other rioters&#8221; during the riot on the lower west terrace of the U.S. Capitol.
&#8220;In this country, we have something called due process,&#8221; Hughes said. &#8220;And no matter what the charge of crime is, you&#8217;re entitled to your day in court. You&#8217;re entitled to a fair and speedy trial. You&#8217;re entitled to due process. These people, because they are Trump supporters, are not getting those things. It&#8217;s not just the people that are arrested and charged in this. It&#8217;s the families.&#8221;
Hughes called the January 6 Commission hearings &#8220;political theater,&#8221; and said Democrats are using them to target Trump supporters.
&#8220;If you listen to the committee hearing the very first thing it aired with Liz Cheney, all she did was go on and on and on about Donald Trump. Donald Trump. Donald Trump. That&#8217;s what this is about. And it&#8217;s really time for the American people to wake up and say, enough.&#8221;
The District of Columbia Department of Corrections did not respond to requests for comment for this story.

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Jan. 6 Families Beg Americans Not To Forget About Their Loved Ones

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CNN anchor Dana Bash grilled January 6th Committee member and Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) during a Sunday morning interview, asking him directly why the committee had not publicly interviewed any witnesses who might &#8220;challenge&#8221; the narrative.
Bash spoke to <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/adam-schiff-insists-he-has-evidence-trump-was-involved-in-plot-to-overturn-election-but-wont-reveal-it/">Schiff</a> about the ongoing public committee hearings on &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; pressing him several times — to no avail — to reveal the evidence he claimed to have that former President Donald Trump had been involved in plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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Dana Bash grills Rep. Adam Schiff over not calling witnesses who &quot;challenge&quot; the Democrat narrative in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/January6thHearings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#January6thHearings</a>: &quot;Is that intentional because you don’t want to deviate from the story line that you’re trying to present to the public?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/eTHADQdGwq">pic.twitter.com/eTHADQdGwq</a>
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Bash pressed <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/mollie-hemingway-drops-adam-schiff-after-elon-musks-twitter-deal-triggers-him/">Schiff</a> on what might come next if <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/raskin-channels-schiff-insists-to-cnn-he-has-evidence-republicans-begged-trump-for-january-6-pardons/">such evidence</a> should come to light, asking, &#8220;Have you seen evidence that the Justice Department has already opened an investigation into the former president?&#8221;
Schiff said that nothing in the public record indicated the Justice Department had begun to move in that direction. &#8220;I have not seen, for example, grand juries convene in places they would be convened,&#8221; he explained.
&#8220;You’ve been critical of the Justice Department for moving slowly. If you’ve done so much work, why not help them out?&#8221; Bash continued, asking why the January 6th Committee would not pass anything they discovered directly on to the DOJ.
&#8220;Well, you know, we certainly will help them. We want them to particularize what they’re asking for and it’s our intention when we conclude the investigation to make public our findings in great detail,&#8221; Schiff replied. &#8220;But, you know, we have a job to do as well. We’re doing that. And we’re doing this consistent with how the — our branch of government has operated and executive branch has operated.&#8221;
Bash continued to press, going on to ask about the witnesses whose testimony had already been made public — and asking whether the committee was avoiding witnesses who might &#8220;challenge&#8221; the desired narrative.
&#8220;Why aren’t you calling witnesses in a public way who might challenge the committee?&#8221; she asked. &#8220;Is that intentional because you don’t want to deviate from the story line that you’re trying to present to the public and, of course, potentially to the Justice Department?&#8221;
&#8220;No. I mean, we are interviewing, frankly, anyone that has relevant evidence,&#8221; Schiff insisted. &#8220;We’re putting that relevant evidence before the public and we’re doing it in a way that is the most cohesive and that we can get across the salient points to the public.&#8221;
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‘Is That Intentional?’: CNN’s Dana Bash Grills Adam Schiff Over Avoiding Witnesses Who’d ‘Challenge’ The January 6th Narrative

CNN's Dana Bash Grills Adam Schiff Over Avoiding 'Challenging' January 6th Witnesses

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