Sworn testimony Tuesday offered a dramatic glimpse of what former president Donald Trump is allegedly like in private. The shocking new accusations add to years of reports about his violent temper and abusive outbursts toward advisers and staff, sometimes spilling into public view.
This time, several of the flare-ups allegedly came during the 187 minutes when the then-president was out of public view while his supporters attacked the Capitol — a question that had been one of the enduring mysteries of the day. Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, described Trump in a fit of rage that day.
In one part of her testimony — disputed by Trump — Hutchinson described a conversation she had with a Secret Service agent. According to her account, the agent recounted that Trump was so angry about being blocked from going to the Capitol, he moved to grab the steering wheel of the presidential SUV and lunged at the agent. Hutchinson put her hand on her neck while describing the latter part of the incident.
“The president said something to the effect of, ‘I’m the f-ing president, take me up to the Capitol now,’” Hutchinson testified.
Three Secret Service agents who accompanied Trump are disputing that he assaulted or grabbed at the leader of his security detail or that he grabbed for the steering wheel, according to one current and one former law enforcement official familiar with their accounts. The agents do not dispute that Trump was furious and...
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