Posted on 06/29/2022 9:30:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The January 6 Committee’s credibility has plummeted after claims by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson that President Trump “lunged” for the steering wheel of his vehicle and demanded to be taken to the site of the riots were contradicted by the lead Secret Service agent.
Hutchinson testified that Tony Ornato, the then-White House deputy chief of staff, told her that Trump said something like, “I’m the f-ing president, take me up to the Capitol now,” and had “reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel” before then using “his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel,” the the presidential driver.
"I'm the f'n president. Take me up to the Capitol now" -- Hutchinson testifies that Trump GRABBED AT THE STEERING WHEEL of a car to try to force the secret service to take him to the Capitol pic.twitter.com/k84BMa4cnN — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2022
HUTCHINSON SAYS TRUMP INSTIGATED A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION IN THE PRESIDENTIAL VEHICLE TO TRY TO FORCE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS TO TAKE HIM TO THE CAPITOL pic.twitter.com/EFRLGYlfYk — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2022
Despite the legacy media breathlessly reporting Hutchinson’s claims without much skepticism, the term ‘Amber Heard 2.0’ subsequently trended on Twitter as Hutchinson’s assertions were demolished.
Within hours, Peter Alexander of NBC News revealed that Engel was prepared to testify “under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.”
🚨 A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel. — Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) June 28, 2022
Trump himself also asserted that the incident never happened.
Secret Service sources also reporter Julio Rosas that the story is “bulls**t.”
A Secret Service source told me earlier: “FYI, I’m calling bull***t on the Secret Service story. You think none of us would have never heard of this as an internal rumor? No f*****g way.” https://t.co/NqEoljvBeD — Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) June 28, 2022
Hutchinson appears to be pursuing a personal vendetta against Trump because he “personally turned her request her down” when she tried to get a job at Mar-a-Lago.
The corrupt J6 committee’s new SURPRISE WITNESS was so appalled by Trump and J6 that she…was planning to go work for Trump at his FL residence eight days *after* January 6 (article was published on January 14, 2021).
This Soviet show trial is a joke. https://t.co/tkj7IqflwG pic.twitter.com/YdcYTGJyJH — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) June 28, 2022
Hutchinson also apparently told another outright lie during her testimony when she claimed she had written a note of a statement for Trump to release on January 6.
The note was actually penned by Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann.
BREAKING: Former White House lawyer Eric Herschmann says that it is not true that Cassidy Hutchinson wrote the handwritten note that she testified on Tuesday that she wrote. He says it's not true because he was the one who wrote the note. https://t.co/jBBtnOwzTn — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) June 29, 2022
“The handwritten note that Cassidy Hutchinson testified was written by her was in fact written by Eric Herschmann on January 6, 2021,” a spokesperson for Herschmann told ABC News Tuesday evening.
It remains to be seen whether Hutchinson will face any consequences for apparently lying under oath, although the already dubious credibility of the January 6 Committee has taken a further massive blow.
“The January 6 committee clowned itself,” summarized Tim Young.
The Secret Service ultimately has to follow all of the President's orders... So aside from the fact that it was physically/logistically impossible for Trump to try to wrestle the limo steering wheel away... he would've never needed to.
Love the photo. Great photo of her clutching her pearls. As if she is aghast that anybody would question her integrity.
Video footage clearly indicates Trump was not in the Beast (i.e.: Presidential Limo), he was in a Presidential SUV.
Another scandal that wasn’t.
https://rumble.com/v1afzv3-the-trumpsecret-service-scandal-that-wasnt-ep.-1800-the-dan-bongino-show.html
It just blows me away how many ridiculous staffing screw ups Trump and his team made. From Omarosa to Cucinelli to Hope Hicks to this Instagram influencer Hutchinson. Awful staffing picks.
This woman applied as a WH intern out of college and worked her way up to Meadow’s assistant. I don’t know how that is Trump’s fault.
She is another sellout gimme dat DC swamp rat!
“It just blows me away how many ridiculous staffing screw ups Trump and his team made.”
No question whatsoever, but in his mild defense, it’s the flipside of him not being the insider and having the deep bench. I mean, upon taking office, he has to find an insane number of people, thousands.
President Trump asks a very good question.
Why did she want to go to Florida with his team, if she had seen things that so offended her?
Is she just an unprincipled opportunist?
‘I’m the effing president, take me to the Capitol now,’ she said he ordered.
I got to say, if I were the effing president, none of this would have effing happened. Because, I would be effing driving the effing beast. It would be effing cool.
But, for carrying, or attempting to carry, water for the DNC, she will now be given a job on someone’s congressional staff.
Worse, just imagine how many innocent people are sitting in Federal Prison from’Schiff’s days as a federal prosecutor. Shouldn’t take too long to discover falsified evidence, in his criminal convictions, given this appears to be his primary M.O.
cut the hair, add horn rim glasses... and voila!
Stephen Colbert..
see the resemblance? I do!
I find this whole angle as most on the
laughable side. From where President
Trunp normally is seated in “The Beast”,
he’s at a minimum of 6 feet to the
steering wheel.
I’ve worked on the design of these
vehicles. Interior access is severely
limited due to the added armour protection
on the inside of the vevicle. (The windows
are 5” thick). There’s no way a man of
Trump’s size could reach over the top of the
further most front (rear seat) and grab
the steering wheel. It would be far from
his reach. Secret service would never allow
a sitting president to be riding shotgun
in a presidential limo.
I was wondering the same thing.
Who the hell hires someone to work at the highest levels of government who is in their early 20’s?
What life experiences do they have at that young age, and what do they know about anything?
I had the news on the radio in the car yesterday and heard it announced that the SS has denounced her claim and has made the statement that it’s false. We know she lied but hopefully the word is getting out.
remember when we were all told that you must believe women no matter what, here we go again
Trump didn’t pick or hire her. Stop the ranting.
You obviously know nothing about Washington. It happens all the time, always has. But nice try attempting to smear Trump.
President Trump, with super powers borrowed from Plastic Man and Mister Fantastic, pulled a Mission Impossible esq stunt, reaching forward grabbing his driving with his kung fu grip.....
I find this whole angle as most on the laughable side. From where President Trunp normally is seated in “The Beast”, he’s at a minimum of 6 feet to the steering wheel.Per Dan Bongino, they weren't in the Beast. They were in the SUV, which the USSS refer to as the" Camp David" package.
Oh, and Secret Service agents never refer to the Presidential limousine as the Beast.
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