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.
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.
Release it and let the chips fall.
If there was a truly honest Congressional hearing that would be the first one sense Harry Truman.
I don’t care if members are embarrassed.
Transparency!
Besides, she lied under oath.
And why won’t Johnson release the slush fund names of money paid to “hush up” women? Trump is still being harassed in a “hush money” case.
Well, there were only two “Republicans” on the committee.
And Liz has more testosterone than Adam Kinzinger.
You hit the nail on the head. That is the problem. The whole place seems to run on sex, coke and money.
In that case, they’re more worried about protecting those that sent the messages than her for receiving them.
From Wikipedia: “In her 2023 memoir Enough, Hutchinson alleges that Rudy Giuliani groped her backstage during Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021.[23] She also wrote that then-Congressman Matt Gaetz made “repeated passes” at her and asked her to “escort” him to his room at Camp David in 2020.”[24][25]
What key Republican lawmakers? The only two “Repukes” on the Committee were Cheney and Kinzinger, and the Committee itself did little or no cross examination themselves of witnesses. Did the Committee even allow Republican House members not on the Committee to cross-examine subpoenaed witnesses?
You could be right
So you’d text her? How manly.
her testimony was absurd on its face
and she may have perjured herself
but i dont think her testimony was consequential
the pervs will have to wait and sign up for her only fans page
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I didnt say I would text her. I would ask her out if I were younger. She is young and pretty damn cute. The problem is a lot of the people we sent to DC have a small God complex and many use their positions of great influence to score goals they had no business firing pucks on. I had a great time before I got married. Young, hot, and single was a target for me when I was in my 20’s. I didnt go after the young, boring and ugly....why waste your time when life was a target rich environment.
SUBPOENA THAT LIAR!
Not to mention, given her behavior already (sticking a knife in the back of President Trump with her concocted story about J6), what is to stop her from releasing the texts anyway? Johnson’s concern is a scandal forcing 1 or 2 GOP members to resign, especially in marginal districts, when the GOP has only a 1-2 seat advantage. But if you delcine to subpoena and grill Hutchison now, what is to stop her from releasing the texts next month? I would take the hit and expose her lies and fabrications and let the chips fall where they may.
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