New details of the January 6th panel mystery message revealed
Previously, Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson told the Commission that she had been contacted by Mark Meadows' intermediary, according to someone familiar with her final deposit.
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Cassidy Hutchinson testifies The Commission on January 6th will hold a hearing at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo
January 6 selection committee publicly points out two communications this week as potential evidence of Trump World's efforts to influence witness testimony. Did. Both were detailed on the panel by Cassidy Hutchinson, according to a person familiar with the end of her four testimony recordings.
The two slides the panel revealed at the end of the live hearing with Hutchinson both reflect the conversation she explained to the Commission in her last closed-door testimony recording. Said this person. Hutchinson contacted the committee at the time on the eve of her testimony recording on March 7, when a former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows' intermediary contacted her and her former boss was her loyalty. He said he respected his heart.
"[People] Please let us know that you have your testimony record tomorrow," said January at the end of Hutchinson's hearing, characterized by Vice-Chairman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.). Read the slides broadcast by the Commission on the 6th. As pressure on important witnesses. "He wants me to let me know that he is thinking of you. He knows you are loyal, and when you get into your testimony record you I'm going to do the right thing. "
Meadows is the person whose name was edited on that slide. The content of the final testimony was explained to POLITICO, which could not independently support the identity of the intermediary, or Meadows sent a message to Hutchinson before the second testimony. I instructed to deliver.
The Capitol Riot Commission, announced at the end of this week's hearing with Hutchinson, quoted an unnamed witness. Former president.
"What they told me is that they know I'm on the right team as long as I'm a team player," Slide said. "I'm doing the right thing. I'm protecting those who need to be protected, you know, I keep good grace in the Trump World, and they Trump is a transcript Reminded me several times to read. "
Meadows spokesman Ben Williamson made the following statement to Politico: The phone calls and messages she describes are, at best, very misleading.
Hutchinson's lawyer did not respond to a request for comment.
A spokesperson for the Commission on January 6 declined to comment.
In a blockbuster hearing with Hutchinson on Tuesday, Chainy suggested that the broadcast message was an effort by Trump allies to discourage major witnesses from coming forward. At that time, neither the sender nor the recipient of the message was revealed.
"I think most Americans know that trying to influence and testify to witnesses raises very serious concerns," Chaney said after presenting the message. rice field. "As a committee, we will discuss these issues and carefully consider the next steps."
In a post-hearing interview, Congressman Jamie Ruskin (D-Md.) Messaged. Explained that may indicate tampering with witnesses.
"The Vice-Chair has released two different episodes of anonymous, potential witness tampering for obvious reasons. I don't want to threaten the same people anymore," Ruskin said. 79} told the Washington Post. "But I want to warn those who are doing this that they can't do it. It's a crime and this committee takes it very seriously."
Hutchinson's testimony on Tuesday shed important new light on the actions of former President Donald Trump leading up to the siege of the Capitol, and evoked a significant new lead for the selection committee's investigation. While at her Trump White House, she worked directly under Meadows and was sometimes referred to as the "Chief's Chief."
