Posted on 06/28/2022 5:00:53 PM PDT by algore
Secret Services is reportedly prepared to push back against claims that President Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his presidential vehicle and lunged at Secret Service when agents refused to take him to the Capitol.
Such allegations were made by Cassidy Hutchinson, a former assistant to Mark Meadows, who said she had heard the tale second hand.
Bobby Engel, the lead agent on Trump's detail, and the presidential driver at the time are prepared to testify under oath to the committee that Hutchinson's testimony is incorrect, according to multiple news outlets.
The Secret Service promised in a public statement after the hearing to respond to the allegations.
The White House chief of staff's former top aide, just 25 years old, testified on Tuesday that Donald Trump's White House chief of staff told her that 'things could get real, real bad on January 6' just four days before the Capitol riot.
She also claimed her former boss, along with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, sought pardons from the former president linked to their efforts on January 6.
Among the more explosive points of the former staffer's testimony include Trump's alleged insistence on joining his supporters at the Capitol - who he was told in advance were armed.
'I'm the effing president, take me to the Capitol now,' she said he ordered.
'Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. We're going back to the West Wing, we're not going to the Capitol,' Hutchinson was told Secret Service agent Robert Engel said.
'Mr. Trump then used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel,' Hutchinson recalled.
Former Deputy Chief of Staff Tony Ornato 'motioned toward his clavicle,' she added, as a sign the president went for his security detail's throat. R
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No, she just relayed hearsay, she didn’t say any of it was true, she just reported what she says she was told. And if anyone did tell at this nonsense, they can’t be charged for lying either, because they were not under oath when they allegedly told it to her.
Yep. She should have never been called to give testimony as it was all hearsay. Just shows what a joke this is.
So pretty......
Kash Patel, on the Levin show today, said this testimony is completely impossible, and it (his version) certainly stands to reason.
Patel stated he has ridden in the presidential limousine [or, if I have this wrong, in the Secret Service car which is shorter and far less ceremonial] dozens of times. He said there is a barrier between the driver and the pax compartment. And that there is absolutely zero possibility of a pax reaching up to touch the steering wheel.
This is stunning and completely fabricated testimony by a 25 year old gal who has no money, besides being hearsay, from one who was not present at the alleged event. Just one of the grand benefits of having no adversarial opportunity to question any witness.
[A dope on FB posited that Cassidy Hutchinson might be Trump’s John Dean. What a maroon.]
If the POTUS tells a driver to take him to a certain location, how much push back can the driver give?
“No, Sir, I am not taking you to....”?
I believe only the beautiful Melina can tell PDJT what to do, and he doesn’t listen very often.
Not unless he is Stretch Armstrong.
Babylon Bee? No doubt.
He’s no longer president but they’re still making up fiction trying to overthrow him. He’s still very much a danger to them. That’s why this continues without end.
Take back the Congress and put him back in the White House, and things will be very different indeed.
Mmmmm
Thanks.
I know it’s got all kinds of protections and all, but the gas tank right under POTUS’ seat??
Was I right ?
You certainly were right. Sorry for the “Mmmmm”.
The POTUS doesn’t have direct access to the front seat. This is rubbish.
Cheney’s face would stop an eight-day clock.
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The BBC spent several minutes on this “testimony” tonight, they’re the British version of CNN.
Someone memo this to Bret BaierIdiot, kkthx.....
They will never be allowed to testify.
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