Trumps hits out at former White House aide
Donald Trump has used an interview to hardcore right-wing outlet Newsmax to tear into former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who gave devastating testimony about him to the 6 January committee this week.
“The woman is living in fantasy land,” he told the network. “She’s a social climber.” Ms Hutchinson’s testimony has been received with both horror and admiration, and critics have struggled to dislodge the perception that it makes a criminal conviction of Mr Trump much more likely.
Meanwhile, committee vice chair Liz Cheney delivered a fiery speech last night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Wednesday night, receiving thunderous applause from an audience of relatively mainstream Republicans and Trump critics.
In excoriating remarks, Ms Cheney said Mr Trump’s efforts have turned out to be “more chilling and more threatening” than first imagined.
“Republicans cannot both be loyal to Donald Trump and loyal to the Constitution,” she said, to a round of applause.
Meanwhile, fellow Republican committee member Adam Kinzinger has hailed Ms Hutchinson as a ‘hero’ and ‘true patriot’ for her testimony, and revealed since then others have come forward to clarify their statements and recall other events.
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Trump blasts Jan 6 witness as ‘social climber’ living in ‘fantasy land’
Former president Donald Trump pushed back against former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson after her explosive testimony before the select committee investigating the January 6 riot.
The former president spoke to Newsmax and disputed the story Ms Hutchinson said she heard secondhand – that Mr Trump tried to lunge at a US Secret Service agent in his presidential limousine in an attempt to take him to the US Capitol to join his supporters.
“Is there something wrong with her?” Mr Trump said.
Eric Garcia reports:
Trump blasts Cassidy Hutchinson as ‘social climber’ who is ‘living in fantasy land’
Comes after Hutchinson testified about Trump’s behavior the day of the January 6 riot.
Liz Cheney: Trump as ‘domestic threat’ trying to ‘unravel’ US rule of law
Rep Liz Cheney said on Thursday that the Jan 6 committee will consider criminal referrals for attempts by members of Trumpworld to intimidate or affect the testimony of witnesses before their panel.
Ms Cheney told Good Morning America: “It’s something we take very seriously. And it’s something that people should be aware of. It’s a very serious issue, and I would imagine the Department Justice would be very interested in and we’ll take that very seriously as well.”
The attempts they have witnessed so far “gives us a real insight into how people around the former president are operating”, she added.
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Ex-Secret Service agent as Trump’s girth would prevent him grabbing steering wheel
But in interviews with Insider, former Secret Service agents had a hard time imagining the episode.
“Trump’s not a little guy, right? And the space to actually be able to lunge towards the wheel is not that big,” one former agent told Insider. “I don’t mean to sound disparaging to the former president, but just his girth would prevent him from actually getting to the steering wheel.”
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The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol has issued a subpoena commanding former Trump White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to give evidence in a deposition set for 6 July.
Mr Cipollone, who served as former president Donald Trump’s top White House lawyer from 2019 to the end of his term in 2021, met with committee investigators for an informal interview on 13 April, but has heretofore refused repeated requests for him to sit for a deposition or give evidence in a public hearing.
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Jan 6 committee ‘seemed to know’ Hutchinson testimony would ‘refresh’ memories of others
Bulwark columnist Amanda Carpenter notes that the January 6 committee appears to have known that Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony might cause others to rethink their testimony or refresh their memories.
Rep Adam Kinzinger also said as much during an appearance on The Late Show on Wednesday night.
Cassidy Hutchinson stands by testimony
Andrew Feinberg in Washington, DC, has the story:
Former Trump White House aide is standing by testimony amid denials
Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson says two Secret Service agents told her that former president Donald Trump assaulted a member of his protective detail and tried to grab the wheel of an armoured SUV after he was told he could not join a riotous mob of his supporters at the US Capitol
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