A former aide to former US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, that he tried to join his supporters in January 2021 in front of the Congress building, where his supporters were rioting, but his security escorts They did not accept.
Cassidy Hutchinson said Donald Trump wanted to drive his presidential car when his security escorts refused to take him to the Congress building, where his supporters were staying.
During his testimony at the congressional plenary session, Hutchinson noted that Trump had dismissed concerns that some of his supporters, who had gathered outside the White House that day, were carrying guns for his fiery speech, and called on security forces to control the presence. Stop with magnetic detectors. Until a larger crowd appeared.
The investigation is being carried out by a group of lawmakers led by lawmaker Benny Thompson, who accused Trump of leading a “large-scale, multi-stage conspiracy to disrupt the presidential election results.”
“They’re not here to hurt me,” Cassidy Hutchinson was quoted as saying by Trump that morning.
Hutchinson also reported that Secret Service officers insisted he return to the White House and not join his supporters as they stormed the Congress building, where lawmakers sat to confirm the victory of his rival, Democratic President Joe Biden.
Trump has denied on social media that he drove the presidential car by force.
“His fake story that I tried to force the White House into Congress is” possible “and dishonest, Trump wrote on his social network TruthSocial.
Dozens of courts, election officials and the Trump administration itself have denied allegations of fraud.
Hutchinson was the White House Chief of Staff at the time, and his role in attacking Congress was crucial.
In one of the most surprising statements to date, Hutchinson said that Trump and some of his top aides were aware of the possibility of pre-attack violence, a contradictory piece of information that suggests spontaneous influence has nothing to do with government.
Hutchinson added that he heard Meadows say before the storm that “things could get dangerous, a very bad turn on January 6.”
On January 6, 2021, Washington witnessed clashes between security forces and Trump supporters who stormed the Congress building, killing five people, including a police officer, and arresting 52 others.
Source: Lebanon Debate
