Aide Describes Trump Attempting to Grab Steering Wheel From Secret Service on January 6

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Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified on June 28 that she’d been told the president lunged to grab the steering wheel of his limousine from a Secret Service agent during events on January 6. Hutchinson said that Anthony Ornato, then White House chief of operations, relayed the incident to her while in the presence of the head of Trump’s Secret Service, Robert Engel. Ornato told Hutchins that after Trump’s speech at the Ellipse in Washington on January 6, the president wanted to drive to the Capitol, but was rebuffed by the Secret Service. “The president said something to the effect of ’I’m the effing president, take me up to the Capitol now,’” Hutchinson testified. “The president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. Mr Engel grabbed his arm, said ‘Sir, you need to take our hand off the steering wheel. We’re going back to the West Wing. We’re not going to the Capitol.’” “Mr Trump then used his free hand to lunge towa

Laughter Erupts at Jan 6 Hearing as Video Shows Josh Hawley Fleeing Capitol Attack

The audience at the January 6 Select Committee hearing on July 21 laughed as CCTV footage showed Senator Josh Hawley fleeing as rioters breached the Capitol, after he had previously been shown raising his fists to the crowd outside. At the hearing, Representative Elaine Luria said the Republican Senator had “raised his fist in solidarity with the protesters already amassing already at the security gates.” Luria went on to say: “Later that day Senator Hawley fled after those protesters he helped to rile up stormed the Capitol. See for yourself,” Footage posted by Dan Przygoda shows the audience reacting to the footage played on a large screen during the hearing. Senator Hawley has yet to comment on the footage or the Committees allegations. Credit: Dan Przygoda via Storyful

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