Donald Trump urged his fans to march on the Capitol to overturn the vote despite knowing that there were armed people at his January 6 rally and attacked the secret service agent driving the presidential limousine by
grabbing the wheel to try to reach the protesters. .
These are some of the explosive revelations of Cassidy Hutchinson, a close collaborator of former chief of staff Mark Meadows, who became the super key witness of the public hearing convened within 24 hours by the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the assault on Congress to reveal "evidence. recently acquired "that" all Americans must hear.
Her evidence that however does not exist for Trump: "I barely know her, she is a total false and an informer", she wrote on her social media, denying the reconstruction of the super witness and attacking the "farce" investigation.
A surprise hearing with a devastating effect, reminiscent of the one announced in July 1973 by the senatorial commission investigating Watergate with a second-rate witness who, however, changed the fate of the investigation: Alexander Butterfield, in charge of Richard's daily agenda. Nixon, who revealed the existence of recording equipment in the Oval Office, leading to their kidnapping and the 'smoking gun' against the president.
Hutchinson also does not have a high profile but he worked near or in the chambers of power, between the Oval office and the office of the chief of staff, listening to phone calls and conversations from the president's inner circle.
And his shocking deposition with first-hand accounts seemed crystal clear, free from any prejudice or resentment, inflicting the most powerful, potentially fatal blow to Trump's re-nomination so far in the House investigation into the attack on the Capitol.
Hutchinson said that on the evening of January 2, 2021, Rudy Giuliani, Trump's lawyer, told her that Trump supporters would go to the Capitol on January 6, thus confirming the suspicion of a preordained plan to block Joe's victory certification. Biden.
Her assistant then went to Meadows, who told her he was worried about what might happen that day: he too, therefore, was aware of her plan.
In a crescendo of tension, the witness then dropped the 'bomb': Trump knew there were people armed and in bulletproof vests at the rally he had organized on January 6, just before inciting the crowd of his fans to march. on the Capitol.
And Meadows knew it too, but he ignored the warnings of another White House executive, Tony Ornato, simply asking:
"How much more does Trump have to talk?".
The tycoon also asked to remove the "fucking metal detectors" at his rally: "They are my people, they are not here to hurt me".
Then, as if that were not enough, the president asked the secret service to take him among the demonstrators marching towards Congress but when he was denied for security reasons he did not hesitate to take the driver of the 'Beast by the shoulders and throat. 'trying to grab the steering wheel.
A gesture of anger and despair, such as when he tossed a plate after Justice Minister William Barr told him there was no proof of his allegations of fraud.
It also emerged from the deposition that Trump wanted to pardon the rioters and that some Republican MPs involved in efforts to overturn the vote asked him, as did Giuliani and Meadows.
Hutchinson admitted she was horrified by Trump's tweet intimidating Mike Pence into not certifying the vote: "As an American, I was disgusted. He was anti-patriotic. He was anti-American. We watched the Capitol being defaced for a lie."
After the deposition, Liz Cheney, Republican vice president of the investigating commission, denounced attempts by Trump and his followers to intimidate witnesses.
"The president wants him to let you know that he is thinking of you. He knows that you are loyal", she reads in a message addressed to one of the texts that she Cheney showed in the classroom, thanking Hutchinson for her courage. .
"Our nation - he stressed - is kept alive by those who abide by their Constitution oath of allegiance. Our nation is kept alive by those who know the fundamental difference between right and wrong. I want all Americans to know that which Miss Hutchinson did today is not easy. The easiest way was to hide from the spotlight, refuse to step forward,