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Mulvaney on Jan. 6 witness Hutchinson: 'I know her. I don't think she is lying'
Washington Examiner ^ | 6/28/2022 | Ryan King

Posted on 06/29/2022 11:54:09 AM PDT by Signalman

Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney declared that Tuesday has been "a very, very bad day" for former President Donald Trump following the "explosive" House select Jan. 6 committee hearing.

Mulvaney said he does not believe the star witness lied and highlighted five key takeaways on Twitter.

"1) Trump knew the protesters had guns 2) He assaulted his own security team 3) There may be a line from Proud Boys to the WH 4) Top aides asked for pardons 5) The commission thinks they have evidence of witness tampering," he tweeted. "That is a very, very bad day for Trump."

Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Mulvaney's successor as chief of staff, Mark Meadows, delivered testimony Tuesday recounting Trump's behavior in the lead-up to and day of the Capitol riot.

"My guess is that before this is over, we will be hearing testimony from Ornato, Engle, and Meadows. This is explosive stuff. If Cassidy is making this up, they will need to say that. If she isn't they will have to corroborate. I know her. I don't think she is lying," he tweeted.

He was referring to top White House aide Tony Ornato and Bobby Engel, head of Trump’s Secret Service detail, who told Hutchinson about an alleged fit by Trump after he was told he could not travel to the Capitol on Jan. 6 after his speech at the Ellipse near the White House. The president attempted to grab the wheel of the vehicle he was in and lunged for Engel's throat, Hutchinson testified, citing what she had heard from Ornato.

The most striking takeaway from the hearing came from Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) when she revealed graphics detailing alleged pressure from Trump allies on witnesses before the committee, Mulvaney underscored. She did not divulge who had been pressured or who did the pressuring, instead showing transcripts of the alleged remarks.

"The Press is going to focus on some sensational revelations from today: guns, grabbing a secret service agent, etc. But the real bomb that got dropped was the implied charge of witness tampering. If there is hard evidence, that is a serious problem for the former President," he said.

"Cheney's closing is stunning: they think they have evidence of witness tampering and obstruction of justice. There is an old maxim: it's never the crime, it's always the coverup. Things went very badly for the former President today. My guess is that it will get worse from here," Mulvaney said.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cassidyhutchinson; hutchinson; j6; mickmulvaney; mulvaney; nevertrumpers; tds; washingtonexaminer; washintonexaminer
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To: dforest

The left (and the weak) instinctively side with evil.


21 posted on 06/29/2022 12:01:12 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: max americana

When commies lie its totally justified..but just imagine if someone had come in front of the committee and lied on behalf of Trump..just ONE lie, could have been totally insignificant, but caught in a lie..that person would already be charged with perjury and thrown in jail..we live in a banana republic I dont recognize America anymore..so in a way, Biden was a success, that is what he wanted, he succeeded


22 posted on 06/29/2022 12:01:14 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: SoConPubbie

Yes.

“I don’t care that the person who was there and involved is prepared to testify under oath, I believe the person who hates Trump and is claiming to have heard it second or third hand from the person who is calling her a flat out liar.”

dumba ss


23 posted on 06/29/2022 12:01:31 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: ShadowAce
"But she is not testifying to something she personally witnessed. She's telling the people what she says she heard from someone else--not really a witness at all."

And from what I read today, the Secret Service has said that the unselect committee did not reach out to them in the days prior to Hutchinson's hearsay testimony, to get either their confirmation, or rejection of what she was going to say. They aren't interested in the truth. This has been nothing but a witch hunt from the beginning.

24 posted on 06/29/2022 12:02:04 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Signalman

The Washington Examiner, the house organ for the NeverTrumpers and every other prominent NeoCON RepubliCON in the country!


25 posted on 06/29/2022 12:02:06 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Not A Snowbird

Yeah but mick and ilk like bret baer ‘have a gut feeling’ that she is being honest- facts be damned i guess- their ‘gut feelings’ are all that is needed for convictions evidently


26 posted on 06/29/2022 12:02:14 PM PDT by Bob434 (.)
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To: Signalman

She’s PROVEN to hvae lied.


27 posted on 06/29/2022 12:02:19 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Signalman

One thing is clear, when Trump or DeSantis takes office in January of ‘25, everyone in their administration will have to come from outside DC.


28 posted on 06/29/2022 12:02:22 PM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: Signalman

So just how the heck does 76 year old President Trump out wrestle a tough young Secret Service agent for a steering wheel?
Didn’t realize President Trump was so physically strong even in old age.
Chuckle.


29 posted on 06/29/2022 12:02:32 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Signalman

Oh, well that’s good enough to destroy a President…


30 posted on 06/29/2022 12:02:52 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: SoConPubbie
"And Mick Mulvaney just outed himself as a Traitor and Establishment Clown!"

One needs to ask just how "well" Mulvaney knew this girl.

31 posted on 06/29/2022 12:02:52 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Signalman

He resigned because of “Jan 6” so it’s not surprising that he fell for this crap.


32 posted on 06/29/2022 12:02:53 PM PDT by euram
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To: Signalman

(1) “Trump knew the [some] potestors had guns”

Proves zero about any Trump knowledge of specific indivisual protestors nor any conttact/coordination with any specific protestors.

(2)”He assaulted his own security team”

This has been denied by his secret service detail

3) “There may be a line from Proud Boys to the WH”

“May be” is pure speculation and innuendo, not fact(s).

(4) “Too aids [may bave] asked for Pardons”

Says zero about Trump offering any pardons.

What Mulvaney’s belief in all this says is that Trump was right to dismiss him when he did.


33 posted on 06/29/2022 12:03:51 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Signalman

Many people think she is lying. Thus story is as bad as “golden showers”


34 posted on 06/29/2022 12:05:19 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Signalman

Trump sure will know the swamp when he gets back into the WH


35 posted on 06/29/2022 12:07:46 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Signalman

I was just out and while in my car, ABC News (during one of the newsbreaks during whatever show was on - I assume Clay & Buck) was reporting her testimony as a major breakthrough for the committee to tie Trump to breech of the capital itself. This was today at around 2:00 PM.

No mention of the reports the SS agents apparently dispute it.


36 posted on 06/29/2022 12:08:16 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Signalman

Can someone subpoena the bank records of Mulvaney and Hutchinson’s?

I’m guessing big checks from the House of Representatives.

5.56mm


37 posted on 06/29/2022 12:09:00 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Capitol, not “capital”

I’ll get that right the first time one of these days...


38 posted on 06/29/2022 12:09:53 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Sarah Barracuda
> Well according to the Secret Service SHE LIED so are we supposed to believe that the secret service is in fact lying

A DC Judge will ignore lying, but will throw the book at Trump for "witness tampering".

Swamp SOP, phony entrapment via process crimes ...

39 posted on 06/29/2022 12:10:05 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: Signalman
So clearly Bella Pelosi will arrange for the Secret Service agent(s) involved to testify to clear this up and seal DJT’s fate as a man unfit to have his finger on the nuclear button.
40 posted on 06/29/2022 12:10:19 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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