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.
This is what I don’t understand. Has she said who it was that gave her this information? Who is the source?
Monica 2022 must have a semen stained dress in a bag somewhere with a label “Mulvaney”.
How do you express HEARSAY SQUARED. That’s what we have here. I’ll give it a Shot:
(HS)^2 is where someone who is not a witness is told something and is then vouched for by, you guessed it, someone who is not a witness.
“pressure from Trump allies”
Pressure is the prime mover in politics so what’s the substance in this finding?
Sounds like little Mick got a tour of the DC Lubyanka...
He is either lying or a complete idiot, not sure which is worse.
Battering rams are out and busy. N
The BS is thick with this one. First of all, the witless ‘witness’ gave hearsay ‘evidence’ to a conversation she was not present at. Let that sink in.
Mulvaney probably thinks that, all the members of the J6 committee are all also telling the truth and none of them are liars. Mulvaney likely wanted the fake Trump/Russia fake dossier to be proven truthful and for the impeachment in that case to have occurred.
Funny how heresay and heracy are pretty much the same on the left.
Idiocy and buying every lie that can be had on Trump is thick with the Left, thick! TDS is real. Still waiting for TDS to be included in the latest edition of the DSM-5 manual.....
These people are mental
“as a disgruntled former employee he’s not exactly an unbiased opinion.”
That’s Mick for you. The Cassidy chick also is a disgruntled former employee, who Trump refused to hire at Mar-A-Lago.
As were so many others in this play. And it's one boring predictable play.
“That’s funny, everyone with first-hand knowledge says she IS lying.”
My understanding is that she testified that she was repeating what she had been told by someone else, who heard about the incident from an alleged witness — double hearsay. Although the underlying story is false, she is not lying if she simply repeats what she was told without claiming first-hand knowledge.
Of course, in a judicial or other adversarial proceeding where due process, rules of evidence, and cross-examination are essential to the integrity of the proceeding, Hutchinson’s hearsay and double hearsay testimony would have never been admitted into evidence.
This whole show is a laughable charade. The fact that anyone in the media plays along with it is a pathetic statement on the state of our news, or so called news.
“ 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”
Isn’t this exactly what happened to General Michael Flynn? And he did not even lie.
If she’s a democrat or a Trump hater, then she lies!
100% of those present around Trump that day all 100% contradict her statements. She admits she only “heard” that what she said is what happened (hearsay). ANd Mulvaney, who didn’t hear anything - simply suggests she’s telling the truth because he “knows her”? LOLOLOL
Warning: The Washington Examiner also decided to die on Cassidy Hutchinson Hill, too. They are now full-on Never Trumpers.
President Trump continues to expose which groups, individuals and publications are anti-American and anti-Conservative.
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