"There is something freeing and liberating in having the confidence to stand in your own truth," Hutchinson says about writing her new memoir, which covers her quick rise in politics — and what happened after she risked it all

To most of the world, Cassidy Hutchinson's story begins and ends on June 28, 2022, when she stood before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and testified about shocking behavior she witnessed as an aide in President Donald Trump's White House.

While the televised testimony was an inflection point in Hutchinson's journey, it's part of a much larger, more personal saga that began years prior and continues to this day. Hutchinson pulls back the curtain in a new memoir, Enough, publishing Sept. 26.

"I want people to know that I didn't just arrive at that moment of testifying," Hutchinson tells PEOPLE. "It was hard in a lot of ways to get to that place. And it was hard afterward too."

Cassidy Hutchinson, Facing Security Threats, Knew Life Would Change If She Testified Against Donald Trump

Hutchinson was a loyal staffer in the Trump administration, quickly rising the ranks until, at 25, she was handpicked by incoming chief of staff Mark Meadows to serve as his right hand. "I didn't agree with everything the administration was doing, but I saw it as an opportunity to serve my country and to serve the president," Hutchinson says.

Cautiously optimistic about Meadows' offer, she left her post in the Office of Legislative Affairs, where...

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