An assistant to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, one Cassidy Hutchinson, testified Tuesday before the Jan. 6 show trial committee. She indicated that President Trump has a temper, reacts viscerally to bad news, and was taking his frustration at the outcome of the 2020 election out on those who worked for him. None of this is much of a surprise.
She also claimed he insisted on following the demonstrators to the Capitol and got physical with the Secret Service driver who refused to take him into a dangerous situation. This latter claim was hearsay, she wasn’t in the car with POTUS and the Secret Service agents. She claimed to be recounting what someone had told her.
A Daily Mail (U.K.) story reports there are Secret Service personnel who are reportedly ready to deny under oath that the latter claim is accurate. As several pundits have observed, her testimony broke little new ground and hardly justified calling a last-minute session of the show trial.
