The House committee investigating former President Donald Trump and his associates due to the Capitol r**t held a hearing on Tuesday touting a former aide to then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about what she heard leading up to and on J****** 6.
Cassidy Hutchinson testified she heard Trump allegedly attempted to lunge for the wheel of a vehicle being driven by a Secret Service agent in a fit of rage when he found out he was not going to be taken to the Capitol building after giving his speech near the White House. When the agent refused to go to the Capitol, Hutchinson said Trump then reached for area around the agent's neck.
Hutchinson's claim about Trump's actions spread like wildfire as, to many, it showed how far he was willing to go to carry out the r**t.
A big problem with Hutchinson's claim, however, is that Secret Service agents are set to testify that Trump did not reach for the wheel or the agent's throat.
John Santucci
New: Source close to the Secret Service tells
@PierreTABC
to expect the Secret Service to push back against any allegation of an assault against an agent or President Trump reaching for the steering wheel.
Peter Alexander (NBC NEWS)
A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the p**********l limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.
Shimon Prokupecz
Secret Service:
“The United States Secret Service has been cooperating with the Select Committee since its inception in spring 2021, and will continue to do so, including by responding on the record to the Committee regarding the new allegations surfaced in today’s testimony."
Shimon Prokupecz
UPDATE: A Secret Service official familiar with the matter told CNN that Tony Ornato denies telling Cassidy Hutchinson that the former president grabbed the steering wheel or an agent on his detail.
"FYI, I’m calling bullsh*t on the Secret Service story. You think none of us would have never heard of this as an internal rumor? No f**king way," a Secret Service source told Townhall.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2022/06/28/oops-j6-committee-star-witness-claim-about-trump-might-take-a-huge-hit-n2609484You won't see this reported on MSNBC or CNN Folks! It probably won't be in WAPO or the NY Times either!
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/06/28/surprise-nbc-news-report-blows-apart-january-6th-committee-claim-that-trump-assaulted-secret-service-agents-n585853