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2m ago
19.28
After a
brief break, the January 6 committee hearing has resumed, and the panel shared
a clip from Michael Flynn’s testimony with investigators.
Flynn,
Donald Trump’s former national security adviser and a close ally, repeatedly
invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid answering
the committee’s questions about the January 6 insurrection.
Among other
things, Flynn would not answer a question from Liz Cheney, the committee’s
Republican vice-chair, about whether he believes in the peaceful transfer of
power.
13m ago
19.18
Cassidy Hutchinson testified that Donald Trump was
outraged with former attorney general William Barr for refusing to go along
with the president’s lies about widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
In December
2020, Barr told the AP in an interview, “To date, we have not seen fraud on a
scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.”
Trump was
so enraged by Barr’s comments that he threw a plate at a wall in the White
House, Hutchinson said. She walked in to the room where Trump had eaten lunch
that day to see a porcelain plate shattered on the floor and ketchup smeared on
the wall.
When asked
whether this was a common occurrence for Trump, Hutchinson said, “There were
several times throughout my tenure with the chief of staff that I was aware of
him either throwing dishes or flipping the tablecloth.”
20m ago
19.10
Trump tried to grab car's steering wheel to go to
Capitol
Donald
Trump wanted to go to the Capitol with his supporters on January 6, and he
reacted with rage when aides told him he could not do so, Cassidy Hutchinson
testified.
Hutchinson
said Tony Ornato, the White House deputy chief of staff, told her that Trump
was “irate” when he was informed he would be returning to the West Wing instead
of going to the Capitol.
According
to Hutchinson’s testimony, Trump told a Secret Service agent, “I’m the effing
president, take me up to the Capitol now.”
The agent
responded that he could not take Trump to the Capitol, prompting the president
to try to grab hold of the steering wheel of his limousine, known as “the
Beast”.
When that
failed, Trump lunged for the agent’s throat, Hutchinson said. That same agent
listened to Ornato as he recounted the story to Hutchinson.
Updated at
19.25 BST
32m ago
18.58
McCarthy
said Trump should not travel to Capitol on January 6
Cassidy Hutchinson
spoke to House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy shortly after Donald Trump
indicated in his January 6 speech at the Ellipse that he may go up to the
Capitol, as lawmakers prepared to certify Joe Biden’s victory.
Hutchinson
said McCarthy expressed severe concern about the possibility of Trump traveling
to the Capitol, and he urged against the then-president doing so.
According
to Hutchinson, McCarthy instructed her, “Don’t come up here.”
38m ago
18.53
The January
6 committee shared testimony from several White House staffers indicating that
Donald Trump did actually want to go up to the Capitol on the day of the
insurrection.
Trump’s
White House counsel, Pat Cipollone, warned Cassidy Hutchinson that she should
absolutely not let the president go up to the Capitol, out of fear of potential
criminal liability for him.
According
to Hutchinson, Cipollone said something along the lines of, “We’re going to get
charged with every crime imaginable if we let that happen.”
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