
In jaw-dropping testimony Tuesday, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former assistant to Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, told the House committee investigating the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, that Trump knew his supporters were armed with weapons when he directed them to the building.
The moment was just one in a series of bombshells Hutchinson dropped, including:
On Jan. 2, Hutchinson escorted Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to his car after a meeting at the White House. Hutchinson said Giuliani told her they were “going to the Capitol” as part of a plan to keep Trump in power, and that “the president’s going to be there” and “it’s going to be great.”
When Hutchinson asked Meadows to clarify, he replied, “things might get real, real bad on Jan. 6.”