Cassidy Hutchinson, the former White House aide who delivered shocking testimony about Donald Trump before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, was initially advised to mislead the committee, according to an executive summary released this week.
The Jan. 6 committee claims that an ethics attorney in the Trump White House was initially advising Hutchinson ahead of her public testimony, telling her that she "could, in certain circumstances, tell the Committee that she did not recall facts when she actually did recall them."
When Hutchinson raised concerns, the attorney told her, "You saying 'I don't recall' is an entirely acceptable response to this," the committee claims.
The report further claims the attorney instructed Hutchinson "about a particular issue that would cast a bad light on President Trump: 'No, no, no, no, no. We don't want to go there. We don't want to talk about that.'"
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the House committee, elaborated on the claim to CNN, saying Hutchinson "was advised to say that she didn't recall something when she did. So that's pretty serious stuff."
Hutchinson later hired a new attorney, CNN reports.
CNN reports that the attorney in question, Stefan Passantino, said in a statement that he did not advise Hutchinson to mislead the committee: "I represented Ms....
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