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The Department of Justice is investigating Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and a key witness for the House Jan. 6 committee. Reports indicate that a federal grand jury has been empaneled to hear evidence regarding her testimony to Congress.
Outlets across the political spectrum agree that the Department of Justice and a federal grand jury are investigating Cassidy Hutchinson regarding her previous testimony to the House Jan. 6 committee.
Left-leaning outlets like The New Republic frame the investigation as a target on a star witness from the Trump administration, while right-leaning outlets like the Washington Examiner and WorldNetDaily emphasize that the probe focuses on allegations that Hutchinson lied to Congress during her 2022 testimony.
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DOJ trying to indict former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson
Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, drew the ire of Trump's base when she testified in 2022 before the House Jan. 6 committee about Trump's actions that day.
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Source context: Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, drew the ire of Trump's base when she testified in 2022 before the House Jan. 6 committee about Trump's actions that day.
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The Trump administration wants to prosecute Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who was one of the star witnesses for the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.Punchbowl News reports that the Department of Justice wants to criminally indict Hutchinson, accusing her of lying to the January 6 committee about…
Hutchinson was a key witness before a House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, drew the ire of Trump's base when she testified in 2022 before the House Jan. 6 committee about Trump's actions that day.
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The Justice Department is investigating former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for allegedly lying to Congress in her testimony to the House Jan. 6 Committee in 2022. Hutchinson’s testimony before the defunct House select committee in June 2022, which included some of the most damaging accounts about President Donald Trump’s actions leading up to…
A federal grand jury was empaneled earlier this week to hear evidence and witness testimony, a source familiar with the probe said.
Accused of lying to Congress about events during 2021 Capitol fracas
