According to Donald Trump he barely knew who Cassidy Hutchinson was back in the first month of 2021. Despite this lack of familiarity Trump also wrote on social media she had desperately wanted to join him and Mark Meadows in exile down at Mar A Lago after the coup of January 6th failed. He added she was very upset about not being able to continue on with his team.
That's the ticket. Pull out the old, Ms. Hutchinson is the woman scorned who is out for revenge ploy. Unfortunately all that detailed information tends to undermine the whole, "I barely knew who she was," tale--as do the J6 Committe's photographs of her standing in close proximity to El Don in the tent behind the stage he delivered his speech on that terrible day..
Of course Don Trump has never been known for telling the truth, so we can probably write his ramblings off as just more Trumpian bullshit he made up on the fly.
Parts of Ms. Hutchinson's testimony are now being questioned and even denied by some. However no one has challenged major portions of it. First, no one who was there, has said Mr. Trump wasn't told many in the mob were armed with a wide variety of deadly weapons. Just as no one has said she was wrong when she testified his reaction to the news was, "I don't care, they aren't here to hurt me." Or when she said he demanded the metal detectors to be removed so the armed insurrectionists could join the crowd on the ellipse. Nor has anyone disputed Trump later approved the rioter's chant of, "Hang Mike Pence."
In addition no one has denied Mr. Trump was obsessed with leading the mob to the capitol building and perhaps into the house chamber itself. You know, like some sort of mutant Robert E. Lee personally charging up the long slope at Gettysburg in front of Pickett's division. If he had, White House Counsel, Pat Cipollone had predicted Trump and everyone else connected with that day would end up charged with multiple felonies.
Finally, even though her hearsay story of a physical altercation between Trump and a member of his Secret Service detail has been disputed, no one has claimed Hutchinson was lying when she testified Trump became so enraged that afternoon he heaved his lunch against a wall in the oval office dining room. (According to her, not an unheard of occurrence.)
Ah yes, quite presidential. It's so reassuring that the man with access to the nuclear codes had the emotional stability and temperament of a three year old brat.
While some of Ms. Hutchinson's testimony speaks directly to Trump's knowledge of what was going on in the crowd and his ultimate goals for January 6th, there is still a question about the alleged urgency of her appearance. On the surface it seems there was no need for what amounted to an emergency session held at the spur of the moment.
Was it because the committee didn't want the public to shift its entire focus to the Supreme Court's recent decision on Roe v. Wade? Or, is there something else going on that we don't know about? Maybe co-chair Liz Cheney hinted at that something else when she pointed out a number of witnesses have been contacted by unidentified parties. There have been messages left of the type usually reserved for mob members who are contemplating turning state's evidence. "The boss knows you're talking, " they say. "He knows you will remain loyal." Others are darker, "He reads transcripts and will know what you're saying."
Let's face it, Cassidy Hutchinson just turned 26 years old. How much pressure can she handle over a long period of time? How long would it be before someone out there made her an offer she couldn't refuse?
She was, after all, testifying against a man who wanted to lead armed insurrectionists into the capitol to overturn a legal election he knew he lost, not to mention the evil sycophants who were there with him. Hey, they might be stupid fuckers, but that doesn't mean they aren't dangerous. In fact sometimes, as we saw on January 6th, 2021, it downright guarantees it.
6-30-22
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