Donald Trump calls Cassidy Hutchinson a 'total fraud'
Created: 06/29/2022, 17:23
By: Lukas Zigo
Cassidy Hutchinson Makes Explosive Testimony Before Committee on Storming US Capitol
Donald Trump is working on her statement.
Washington DC – Donald Trump must have been pissed off.
The reason was the appearance of Cassidy Hutchinson in Washington, DC.
Advisor to Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
She had revealed explosive details on the sixth day of hearings on the storming of the US Capitol.
"I hardly know who this person (...) is, other than hearing very negative things about her," the former US President wrote on his Truth Social account of Cassidy Hutchinson, who also served as Donald Trump's special assistant .
Cassidy Hutchinson, former adviser to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testifies before the House Inquiry Committee.
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Capitol storm – Donald Trump rages after Hutchinson says: “Total fraud”
According to her, Trump wrote about his frustration in a series of posts on Truth Social.
After Hutchinson's testimony exposed Trump's alleged indifference to violence and his involvement in false claims about "stolen elections," Trump called her a "total phony," a "third-rate social climber."
He went on to call her a "bullshit artist" and bad company.
Donald Trump, who has repeatedly said he "barely" knows Hutchinson, also claimed that he "personally" declined her request to work for his Florida office after he left the White House.
Capitol storm: Donald Trump works on Hutchinson's statement
"Why did she want to go with us if she thought we were so awful?" he wrote.
"I understand that she was very upset and angry that I didn't want her to go or become a member of the team.
She's bad company!'
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The former US President did not want to leave it at that.
In another post, Trump claimed he "never complained about the crowd, it was huge."
He continued, "I did not want or request that we make room for people with guns to see my speech.
Who would ever want that?
Not me!"
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Trump falsely claimed no guns were "found or brought" in the Capitol.
Dozens of people charged in connection with the attack are believed to be carrying a variety of weapons, including knives, bats and other makeshift weapons, according to the US Department of Justice.
Several people are accused of carrying firearms on or storing firearms on the Capitol grounds.
Capitol storm: Trump calls Hutchinson's testimony 'sick' and 'fraudulent'
Hutchinson also claimed Trump attempted to grab the steering wheel of the presidential car (known as "The Beast").
Trump called her statement "sick" and "fraudulent".
"It would be impossible to do something so ridiculous," Trump said.
The House Committee hearing on June 28 was intended to show how close Hutchinson was to the government's response to the Jan. 6 attack because her office was located just off the Oval Office in a busy part of the White House.
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