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No matter how ridiculous her testimony was- and how quickly her lies were debunked, the Jan. 6 Committee’s key witness remains Cassidy Hutchinson. Hutchinson provided testimony under oath that was bombastic and made President Donald J. Trump look bad to all of his detractors. It was pure fiction- but the audience loved it.
Hutchinson had famously testified that Trump has grabbed the steering wheel from his driver in an attempt to redirect the car he was in at the time toward another location. It was quickly and easily exposed as a lie.
A recent media report shows that Hutchinson had asked former Senior Trump officials for financial assistance and legal help in February after she was subpoenaed by the committee. That information is according to an email obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller.
According to the Daily Caller, “in an email sent to a former senior Trump official Feb. 4, Hutchinson said she has had trouble securing a legal team and asked the former senior Trump official for help with getting in contact with fundraising organizations or attorneys that could help her.
Hutchinson explained that she was unemployed and that her aunt and uncle applied to refinance their house to help her. She also said she was “primarily seeking financial assistance” and “in a bind financially.”
“I was subpoenaed by the 1/6 Committee on November 9, 2020 [sic 2021], but was not formally served until Wednesday, January 26, 2021 [sic 2022]. I’ve had difficulty securing a legal team, and was hoping you may be able to put me in contact with any fundraising organizations and/or attorneys that are involved in this process,” Hutchinson said in the email to the former senior Trump official.
“My aunt and uncle applied to refinance their house to loosen up some money since I don’t have much immediate family, but they weren’t approved,” Hutchinson said in a separate email, according to the outlet.
Multiple senior Trump officials and a person with first-hand knowledge told the Daily Caller that former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows would not answer Hutchinson’s calls after she was subpoenaed.
A Meadows spokesperson confirmed those claims to the Daily Caller, saying Meadows didn’t return those calls to avoid the appearance of improperly influencing any testimony.
The Daily Caller granted anonymity to people who have been subpoenaed by the committee.
“Cassidy Hutchinson reached out to various people in Trump world asking for both financial assistance and help finding a lawyer. She told us she was in significant financial distress, had no family that could help, and couldn’t even afford food. She also told us Mark Meadows wouldn’t return her calls. To our knowledge, she spoke with multiple lawyers and chose Stefan Passantino to represent her,” a person with first-hand knowledge told the Daily Caller.
The person with first-hand knowledge also said that Trump officials were sympathetic because of her age and lack of employment and said at her request, Trump’s PAC agreed to help her financially and, at her request, suggested attorneys she could interview. The person also said Hutchinson made derogatory comments about the Jan. 6 committee to multiple people in Trump world.
A former senior Trump official also mentioned Meadows not returning Hutchinson’s calls and said she reached out to Trump’s circle and asked for help.
Meadows is definitely a leading attraction for the US House members who are constructing their perfect fantasy about what happened that day in what feels like a 1980s soap opera.
“An MSNBC panel discusses Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows’ hard-to-define role in the January 6th and the new piece of testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson in the seventh hearing that shows when Meadows realized Donald Trump had lost the election and turned to find other means to preserve Trump’s power.” MSNBC reported, showing they already have the narrative written, no matter what the truth is or what the testimony reveals.
“Moment in January 6th hearing reveals when Mark Meadows broke bad,” Rachel Madow reported, sounding like a really bad director of B-cult movies.
What is ‘broke bad’? Are these adults?
The committee also had another fake drama this week; according to media reports, Rep. Liz Cheney (RINO-WY) said that Trump tried to reach out to a January 6th Committee witness, who has not yet been heard from at the hearings, and that the incident has been reported to the Justice Department.
“We will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously,” Cheney said toward the end of Tuesday’s hearing.
Cheney said that the witness “declined to answer” Trump’s call but instead referred the matter to their attorney, who then contacted the committee.
“This committee has supplied that information to the Department of Justice,” Cheney said.
She said that Trump made the call after the last committee hearing, in which Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified.
Responses on social media to the big news- was mockery.
“Cheney knows the Committee is in freefall,” one poster wrote.
Cheyney knows the committee is in free fall.
— MatthewJshow (@MatthewJshow) July 12, 2022
Source: The Republic Brief