Posted on 07/01/2022 1:19:42 PM PDT by lowbridge
Then-President Donald Trump angrily demanded to go to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and berated his protective detail when he didn't get his way, according to two Secret Service sources who say they heard about the incident from multiple agents, including the driver of the presidential SUV where it occurred.
The sources tell CNN that stories circulated about the incident -- including details that are similar to how former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson described it to the House select committee investigating January 6 -- in the months immediately afterward the US Capitol attack and before she testified this week.
While the details from those who heard the accounts differ, the Secret Service sources say they were told an angry confrontation did occur. And their accounts align with significant parts of Hutchinson's testimony, which has been attacked as hearsay by Trump and his allies who also have tried to discredit her overall testimony.
Like Hutchinson, one source, a longtime Secret Service employee, told CNN that the agents relaying the story described Trump as "demanding" and that the former President said something similar to: "I'm the f**king President of the United States, you can't tell me what to do."
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"He had sort of lunged forward -- it was unclear from the conversations I had that he actually made physical contact, but he might have. I don't know," the source said. "Nobody said Trump assaulted him; they said he tried to lunge over the seat -- for what reason, nobody had any idea."
The employee said he'd heard about the incident multiple times as far back as February 2021 from other agents, including some who were part of the presidential protective detail during that time period but none of whom were involved in the incident.
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Does CNN EVER run a story with FIRST HAND knowledge? They are nothing but a left wing rumor mill!!
“CNN still running with a debunked story.”
Liberal Media LExicon:
Debunked story: Temporary state when our spin has not yet taken root or been repeated often enough to make enough people believe it.
The whole thing was made up by Alyssa Farah, who had communications with Hutchinson months AFTER she had spoken with the Jan 6th committee and told them NOTHING regarding anything you all heard a few days ago..but all of a sudden out of the blue, she talked to this Farah prick and all of a sudden she “remembered” these new facts..gee what a shocking development
CNN COMMUNIST NEWS NETWORK
does not an attempt to turn the wheel and choke clavicles make...
Means nothing , none of it. Now we know the agenda and that’s one liberal world order.
My reaction is, so?
Who heard it from other agents' wive's sister's ex-husband's girlfriends.
#ClownWorld
I heard he tried to commandeer a bazooka to go after pelosi - rumors have been swirling among libtards so it must be true 🤪
When I ran an organization of 300 people there were alway rampant rumors about stuff. In my experience, when you try to pin down the stories that are seemingly coming from every direction—are usually sourced by a single person who simply never stops complaining or coming up with conspiracy theories.
That said, this is probably sourced from a single person who heard bits and pieces of the original story, put in their own story…and then told it to everyone.
Notably, CNN is disinterested in the story about a Christmas party at the VP Residence when Biden was Veep, where a Secret Service agent had to be physically restrained from assaulting Biden because of the way Biden had touched his wife. The next VP Christmas party was cancelled because of it. Friend of mine was working protection detail for another cabinet level official at the time, and he heard all about it. He says he knew Biden was a creep show long before he got elected....
No one but conservatives are claiming it bombed. In the mainstream press and all over the world, her story is gaining strength. Conservatives are acting/talking/typing like this is Jussie Smollett, who was comprehensively debunked. She has not been debunked in that manner. We have to acknowledge the damage that has been done by this story and not wish it has been debunked when it has not been debunked.
No one but conservatives are claiming it was debunked. We are hoping it has been debunked, but it is clearly not. This is not Jussie Smollett. This woman’s story is still being spread and repeated all over the world. There is no mainstream debunking of this story, except on a couple of Fox News opinion shows and a few conservative blogs.
—Mark Twain
At least we now know where the story came from, pure scuttlebutt
Rumor
Totally agree.
Does CNN have 7 secret sources like KFC?
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