An aide to Speaker Johnson reportedly urged Republicans towards subpoenaing January 6 ‘star witness’ Cassidy Hutchinson final June as a part of their investigation into J6 to stop the discharge of sexually specific texts that lawmakers despatched her, in accordance with the Washington Submit.
WaPo’s report comes as GOP-led Home Committees are getting ready to launch a brand new investigation into members of the January 6 Committee though Biden pardoned all of them earlier than leaving workplace.
Lawmakers are gearing as much as concern subpoenas to January 6 Committee members and presumably witnesses comparable to Cassidy Hutchinson.
NEW: Rep. William Timmons (R-SC) says pardoned J6 Choose Committee members ought to “count on a subpoena quickly.”
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Nonetheless, a brand new scandal could also be brewing as a result of lawmakers allegedly requested Cassidy Hutchinson for sexual favors and all the specific textual content messages would have been launched if she was subpoenaed for paperwork and communications again in June.
It’s unclear which lawmakers despatched Cassidy Hutchinson sexually specific messages or in the event that they exist in any respect.
With out mentioning names or particulars, the Washington Submit claims it has reviewed no less than one written correspondence.
BREAKING WaPo:
An aide to Mike Johnson suggested Republicans towards subpoenaing Cassidy Hutchinson as a part of their investigation into the Jan. 6 to stop the discharge of sexually specific texts that lawmakers despatched her, in accordance with written correspondence reviewed by The Submit…
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 23, 2025
Rep. Loudermilk informed reporters that Cassidy Hutchinson was not subpoenaed in June as a result of her attorneys have been cooperating along with his investigation.
“I didn’t obtain any direct communications,” Loudermilk mentioned, in accordance with The Hill. “As I’ve mentioned previously, we didn’t see a must subpoena as a result of her attorneys have been cooperating with us.”
“We had quite a few conferences since I reported on to the Speaker’s workplace within the investigation as a result of I didn’t have subpoena energy of potential subpoenas going ahead. So I don’t recall any particular, anybody saying don’t subpoena,” Loudermilk mentioned. “I imply, there have been instances that we laid out, hey, right here’s an inventory of individuals we could subpoena or might. However as you guys know, the specter of subpoena is all the time extra highly effective than an precise subpoena.”
Speaker Johnson additionally mentioned that Cassidy Hutchinson was not issued a subpoena as a result of she was volunteering to take part.
Cassidy Hutchinson testified in June 2022 that Trump bought into “the beast” after his speech on the Ellipse on January 6 with the idea that he could be pushed to the Capitol.
In keeping with Hutchinson, who obtained this data from Tony Ornato, the Assistant Director for the Secret Service, Trump grew offended after he was knowledgeable that he was being pushed again to the West Wing.
In keeping with Ornato, Trump shouted, “I’m the f*cking president! Take me as much as the Capitol now!”
Hutchinson alleged that at this level Trump reached as much as the driving force, grabbed the steering wheel and tried to commandeer the presidential limo.
Hutchinson then claimed Secret Service Agent Bobby Engel grabbed Trump’s arm and took his hand off the steering wheel.
After all, this was all a lie.
The Home oversight subcommittee, headed by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), later discovered that unreleased testimony by 4 White Home workers current for Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the Ellipse “straight contradicted claims made by Cassidy Hutchinson. She made all of it up. The girl must be hauled into court docket!
Later reviews discovered that Liz Cheney coached Cassidy Hutchinson earlier than her testimony. One other crime.
The Gateway Pundit compiled a list of Cassidy Hutchinson’s 9 confirmed lies from her debunked congressional testimony.
