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Trump Goons Frantically Try to Indict Jan. 6 Whistleblower

The Trump DOJ is looking to charge Cassidy Hutchinson with lying to Congress.

The Department of Justice is moving to indict a key witness in the Jan. 6 insurrection probe.

The DOJ is looking to charge former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson with lying to Congress. She testified before the Jan. 6 committee about Trump’s whereabouts on the day of the deadly riots at the Capitol, which the 80-year-old president was accused of inciting.

Top Republicans on the Hill have been targeting Hutchinson for years, accusing her of providing false testimony during her 2022 hearing on the matter.

During her testimony, she said Trump grew so furious with Secret Service agents as they refused to drive him to the Capitol on that fateful day that he actually reached over and tried to grab hold of the steering wheel himself.

She also testified that Trump and his former chief-of-staff Mark Meadows had been warned that the crowd at the Ellipse was armed, but Trump ordered the removal of metal detectors as he declared, “They’re not here to hurt me. Take the f---ing mags away.”

As to the crowd of Trump’s supporters demanding that then- Vice President Mike Pence be hanged for refusing to go along with Trump’s stolen election scheme, she said that when told his supporters were chanting, “Hang Mike Pence,” Trump was indifferent and said Pence “deserves it.”

Re-litigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021 has been a central theme throughout the second Trump presidency. Upon being sworn into office, Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants, including those who had engaged in violence at the Capitol.

Trump has repeatedly described that day as “a day of love,” and Republicans, even those who strongly condemned it at the time, have largely gone along with Trump’s characterization. Republicans now use words like “victims,” “hostages,” “patriots,” and “warriors” to describe those who participated in the Capitol attacks.

Like many former Trump aides who speak out against him, Hutchinson has been demonized in right-wing circles.

The case against Hutchinson may already have some road bumps ahead, though, as it hinges upon a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., agreeing to indict Hutchinson.

Grand juries in D.C. have been reluctant to indict targets of the Trump administration. A grand jury refused to indict the so-called “sandwich guy” who threw a Subway sandwich at a National Guardsman when Trump first deployed them to the streets of D.C. The administration had sought assault charges for him at the time, as then-Attorney General Pam Bondi proclaimed he was a member of the “Deep State.”

D.C. residents also declined to bring charges against six sitting members of Congress over a video they posted where they reminded members of the military that they were obligated to refuse illegal orders.

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