Cassidy Hutchinson advances the 1/6 committee’s theory of the case
By Ankush Khardori
On Tuesday, Cassidy Hutchinson provided some of the most damning public
testimony yet in the public hearings by the House committee investigating
January 6. Speaking clearly, deliberately, and thoughtfully, the former aide to
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows provided a riveting and legitimately
disturbing account of Donald Trump’s conduct before and during the attack on the
Capitol. She appeared to provide the facts as she knew them, without needless
speculation. And she seemed to take pains to specify precisely what she knew,
how she knew it, and, as importantly, what she did not know. On its face, it was
about as credible a performance as any witness can provide.
Hutchinson’s testimony also added distinct pieces of evidentiary support for
what committee Vice-Chair Liz Cheney described during the first public hearing
in June as a “sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the 2020 election and
prevent the transition of presidential power.” The committee’s members have made
no secret of the fact that they believe that these are appropriate lines of
inquiry for a criminal investigation that they would like to see the Justice
Department undertake (assuming that it is not already doing so) and that Trump’s
conduct could warrant criminal charges. Hutchinson’s testimony in particular
advanced the theory that Trump intended for the violence at the Capitol to
occur, though not as conclusively as some of the initial reactions from legal
observers suggested.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/06/the-odds-are-going-up-that-trump-could-be-charged.html
Trump committed crimes to try, *illegally*, to remain in office. He lost the
election and he knew it. Therefore, *everything* he did to try to retain the
presidency was illegal by definition. *Lock him up*