Posted on 01/24/2025 1:09:30 PM PST by Signalman
A new report has revealed that key Republican lawmakers chose not to subpoena former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson during their investigation into the events of January 6, 2021, allegedly to avoid the exposure of compromising personal messages. Aides to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reportedly discouraged efforts to call Hutchinson to testify, citing concerns that sexually explicit messages from certain lawmakers to Hutchinson could become public.
The revelation comes as Johnson, who recently revived the GOP-led inquiry into the Capitol events, faces scrutiny over the direction and intent of the investigation. Johnson’s office also actively advised Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who was leading a parallel investigation, against issuing a subpoena to Hutchinson.
The reasoning was that calling Hutchinson to testify could allow her to recount her previous claims and risk embarrassing Trump allies in Congress. Sources familiar with the internal GOP deliberations told The Washington Post that Loudermilk initially considered subpoenaing Hutchinson, believing she might have additional insights into the committee’s Democratic-led investigation.
Prior to a meeting, however, an aide to Johnson informed Loudermilk’s team that various colleagues had voiced concerns to the speaker’s office regarding the likelihood of “sexual texts from members who were trying to engage in sexual favors” with Hutchinson becoming public, as evidenced by correspondence from that period which documented the discussion.
U.S. Congressman Barry Loudermilk of Georgia speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland
A member of Johnson’s team conveyed to Loudermilk’s aides that Hutchinson, who was an assistant to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, might disclose “potentially embarrassing information,” as noted in an email examined by The Post and confirmed by two other sources.
Hutchinson gained national attention in 2022 when she testified before the January 6 Committee, making a series of allegations about former President Donald Trump’s actions on that day—many of which have since been thoroughly debunked. Despite these inconsistencies, Democrats and mainstream media outlets have continued to champion her testimony.
Speaker Johnson addressed the issue during a press conference on Thursday, downplaying the decision to avoid Hutchinson’s testimony. Despite his assurances, critics argue that avoiding a subpoena for Hutchinson may signal that certain members of Congress were more concerned with protecting themselves than pursuing the whole truth about what transpired on January 6.
Some within the GOP have also expressed their frustration with the decision, arguing that the investigation should leave no stone unturned.
In response to an inquiry from The Post, Hutchinson’s attorney, Bill Jordan, refrained from commenting on the alleged texts and highlighted that his client has willingly cooperated with the investigation. “Ms. Hutchinson has testified truthfully and stands behind every word despite the efforts of men in powerful positions to attack her,” said Jordan.
Hutchinson, a former aide to Mark Meadows, became a key witness in the January 6 investigation, providing detailed testimony about President Trump’s actions. Reports revealed that former Rep. Liz Cheney also directly contacted Hutchinson without her attorney’s knowledge, raising ethical concerns. Cheney reportedly recommended new legal counsel for Hutchinson, after which her testimony became more detailed, including claims that were later disputed.
Notably, Hutchinson alleged that Trump lunged for the steering wheel to go to the Capitol, a claim contradicted by others. In response, a House Republican panel has called for a federal criminal investigation into Cheney for potential witness tampering. Cheney has denied any wrongdoing.
Rep. Loudermilk, who was recently appointed to chair a new select subcommittee tasked with continuing the January 6 investigation, declined to comment directly on whether concerns about lawmakers’ personal messages contributed to the decision to forgo Hutchinson’s testimony.
He said, “I have no idea,” when questioned about whether he knew of any members who had sent personal messages to Hutchinson.
Seems ridiculous.
Sounds like some deals were made to protect the guilty.
How are the messages TO her a problem?
They’d reflect more on the person sending them than the person receiving them.
“ Hutchinson to testify could allow her to recount her previous claims and risk embarrassing Trump allies in Congress”
That is a lie. Trump has no Allies in Congress
After only a little more clarity on this subject it is beginning to sound like another fabrication, of which I expect we will see many in the attacks on Trump and his team that will come in a flood from now on. Hutchinson has been pretty completely discredited in her testimony especially on the one about Trump somehow lunging through the screen to the steering wheel and trying to choke his driver.
J6er’s should definitely look at suing someone in the goverment over this whole thing.
OK. Well, they should be exposed.
If someone doesn’t want to be found out, then they shouldn’t engage in such juvenile behavior.
Maybe Liz was hitting on Cassidy...
Maybe she really, Really, REALLY didn’t want to commit perjury.
Liz has a bull dyke sister
Summary: they were perfectly willing to hang Trump out to dry to make sure any statements about thier misconduct wouldn’t go on record.
Pathetic
So, Liz Cheney?
She was 24, young, and hot. Did we think Congress critters are a bunch of do-gooders? From what I have seen at the state level reps and senators it would not surprise me one bit if this were true and that offers were coming from both sides of the aisle. Frankly speaking they all work in close proximity with one another and there are certainly numerous liaisons inside the office and interoffice maneuvering that takes place. Sex is a powerful motivator. If I were young and in DC working she would be on the radar and a target.
Call her antway, the j6 event has to do with National sovereignty, not sexually deviant congressman. Get on with calling her to testify.
Further indications we are being ruled by an political entity saturated with honey-traps, extortion, and blackmail.
I don’t think we have any choice but to call gor her testimony and let the chips fall.
Common for “girl power” to look thru their Lens of Pride, and thus barely observe some of what is happening; and thereby falsely accuse.
When our people do wrong, I want them punished as much as the other side.
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