![]() ![]() Meadows told Hutchinson that “things might get real real bad,” she said. In the days before the attack, Hutchinson testified that she was “scared, and nervous for what could happen” ahead of the riot after conversations with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Meadows and others. WATCH: Former White House aide says Trump knew Jan. ![]() We need to be doing something more,” she testified. “He doesn’t think they’re doing anything wrong, to which Pat said something, this is f-ing crazy. He thinks Mike deserves that,” Hutchinson said in her videotaped deposition. “Mark had responded, something to the effect of, you heard him, Pat. Moments later, as Meadows and Cipollone exited the dining room, she heard Cipollone urge more be done to call off the attack. ![]() Jim Jordan, while Trump was in the Oval Office dining room. Hutchinson said she heard the three men discussing the attack after she fielded a phone call from Trump ally, Rep. Hutchinson also said she overheard Donald Trump, Meadows and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone discussing rioters chanting “hang Mike Pence,” as the attack on the U.S. According to Hutchinson, both Giuliani and Meadows suggested or sought presidential pardons for themselves, as well. She also testified that Trump wanted to include language in that speech about pardoning those who took part in the attack, an idea that she said Meadows encouraged but that the White House counsel’s office disagreed with. You need this as cover’,” Hutchinson recalled their thinking in an earlier deposition. If we don’t do this, there’s already talks about invoking the 25th Amendment. “‘Think about what might happen in the final 15 days of your presidency. WATCH: Cassidy Hutchinson testifies Trump aides were worried about possible legal trouble related to Jan. 6 was not strong enough, that his legacy was being damaged and that the 25th Amendment could be used to unseat him from power. They argued that his previous statement on Jan. 7 at the urging of some of his advisers, including his daughter Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and White House counsel Pat Cipollone, she said. 6 attack, Hutchinson also shared details about efforts to persuade Trump to speak out the next day and what the president wanted and didn’t want in the remarks - including wanting to avoid talking about prosecuting the rioters or calling them violent. In a public hearing before the House committee investigating the Jan. Watch Hutchinson’s remarks in the player above. Hutchinson said Pompeo also expressed concern for Meadows’ “positioning with this.” Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide for Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified on June 28 that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had reached out to Meadows to say that Cabinet secretaries behind the scenes were discussing invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |