{"id":1531292,"date":"2022-06-28T15:50:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531292"},"modified":"2022-06-28T16:13:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T20:13:33","slug":"former-white-house-aide-levels-explosive-claims-against-trump-during-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-white-house-aide-levels-explosive-claims-against-trump-during-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Former White House Aide Levels Explosive Claims Against Trump During Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-white-house-aide-levels-explosive-claims-against-trump-during-hearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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, \u201cSir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hutchinson claimed that Trump then lunged at the agent.<\/p>\n<p>Hutchinson claimed that Trump was \u201cfurious\u201d 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 \u201cmags,\u201d that were being used to screen for weapons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t f***ing care that they have weapons,\u201d Hutchinson claimed she heard Trump tell the Secret Service. \u201cThey\u2019re not here to hurt me. Take the f***ing mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI am the effing president, take me up to the Capitol now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy Hutchinson says Trump reached to grab the steering wheel when his security detail refused to take him to the Capitol \u2014 and lunged at his clavicle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X6UQZvf1iT\">pic.twitter.com\/X6UQZvf1iT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1541844983988338689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI am the effing president, take me up to the Capitol now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy Hutchinson says Trump reached to grab the steering wheel when his security detail refused to take him to the Capitol \u2014 and lunged at his clavicle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X6UQZvf1iT\">pic.twitter.com\/X6UQZvf1iT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1541844983988338689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>There were a couple of former White House staffers who came out and supported Hutchinson as they listened to her give her testimony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy guess is that before this is over, we will be hearing testimony from Ornato, Engle, and Meadows,\u201d Mick Mulvaney, who previously served as Trump\u2019s acting chief of staff, said. \u201cThis is explosive stuff. If Cassidy is making this up, they will need to say that. If she isn\u2019t they will have to corroborate. I know her. I don\u2019t think she is lying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My guess is that before this is over, we will be hearing testimony from Ornato, Engle, and Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>I know her. I don&#8217;t think she is lying.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mick Mulvaney (@MickMulvaney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MickMulvaney\/status\/1541844207974899714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My guess is that before this is over, we will be hearing testimony from Ornato, Engle, and Meadows.  <\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>I know her. I don&#39;t think she is lying.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mick Mulvaney (@MickMulvaney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MickMulvaney\/status\/1541844207974899714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone downplaying Cassidy Hutchinson\u2019s role or her access in the West Wing either doesn\u2019t understand how the Trump WH worked or is attempting to discredit her because they\u2019re scared of how damning this testimony is,\u201d Sarah Matthews, former White House deputy press secretary, tweeted. \u201cFor those complaining of \u2018hearsay,\u2019 I imagine the Jan. 6 committee would welcome any of those involved to deny these allegations under oath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For those complaining of \u201chearsay,\u201d I imagine the Jan. 6 committee would welcome any of those involved to deny these allegations under oath.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Matthews (@SarahAMatthews1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahAMatthews1\/status\/1541846370012856325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For those complaining of \u201chearsay,\u201d I imagine the Jan. 6 committee would welcome any of those involved to deny these allegations under oath.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sarah Matthews (@SarahAMatthews1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahAMatthews1\/status\/1541846370012856325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1531475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1531292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1531292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1531475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1531292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1531292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1531292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}