The House select committee overseeing the hearings for the Jan. 6, 2021 unrest at the Capitol has yet to contact the U.S. Secret Service about challenging Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony from Tuesday — even though USSS officials have publicly volunteered to speak with the committee, as a means of presumably rebutting Hutchinson’s claims against former President Donald Trump, according to James Rosen, Newsmax’s chief White House correspondent.
Citing a sourced report from Rosen, the Secret Service agents who were present with then-President Trump on Jan. 6, 2021 in the presidential motorcade vehicle, dubbed “The Beast,” are “ready and “eager” to speak with the House panel.
However, as of Wednesday afternoon, no representative from the House’s Jan. 6 panel has contacted the Secret Service about scheduling additional testimony.
Hutchinson, former aide to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, took to the stand Tuesday, providing sworn testimony that was billed as “potentially devastating” to former President Trump’s case, regarding his role on Jan. 6.
During one part of the discussion, Hutchinson claimed then-President Trump was so “irate” with the Secret Service, while riding in “The Beast” motorcade, that he “lunged” toward the detail.
Hutchinson had also allegedly heard from another staffer, Tony Ornato, that Trump attempted to seize control of the motorcade, even though there’s a bulletproof divider separating the driver from the president’s party.
However, on Wednesday, Ornato came out with a reported statement, denying all of Hutchinson’s claims involving him from Tuesday.
According to Politico, the Jan. 6 committee’s “lack of outreach in the days before Hutchinson’s hearing is notable because the Secret Service has said Jan. 6 investigators ‘can access any documents or witnesses’ they deem relevant.”
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Newsmax has about as much credibility as Trump himself, which is to say none.
Attacking the messenger instead of the message? Simply put, none of the so-called “mainstream” media outright denies the gist of the newsmax’s story.
Similar claims comes from, for example, NBC journalist Peter Alexander who tweets (notice the phrase “tells me”):
> ” source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.”
And Gabby Orr of CNN tweets:
> “CNN confirms that Ornato & Enger are prepared to testify that neither incident occurred.”
And SALON. And so forth ad infinitum.
I don’t usually respond to troll comments but I’ll indulge you this one time. If after the multiple contradictions to Hutchinson’s testimony by people who were there (not only the secret service) and after the apathetic and avoidant response from the January 6 committee to those developments, you still trust either of them you may as well trust Trump as well.
At a time when I still believed that whatever Hutchinson is saying is probably true I knew that the same people faulting Trump supporters for still supporting him will also continue believing Hutchinson no matter how much counter evidence they see (and the media allows through the cracks…) It didn’t take too long for me to be see that in the open
You mean like Michael Avenatti? He was MSNBC and CNN’s hero and go to person. He was hailed as the next President of the United States. I hope Michael will testify at the Liz Cheney trials.
…while CNN and MSDNC are, of course Gospel Truth.
Only CNN can be trusted.
Newsmax, Fox & AON are the only networks with credibility.
Filthy evil media , committe , and Democrats. Yemach shemom.
Trump, The New York Times , CNN, The J6 committee, Fox News etc. ALL have the same credibility which is to say absolutely none .
It is interesting to see those who passionately believe what they are told by one side think they are so much smarter than those who believe the other side.
Why contact the Secret Service! Most certainly their testimony will ruin the narrative! These are all fabricated and they most likely will ruin everything.