Watch: Trump attacked his own security detail on Jan. 6, former top White House aide testifies
Trump Attacked His Own Security Detail on Jan. 6, Top White House Aide Testifiesormer President Donald Trump allegedly physically assaulted a Secret Service officer on Jan. 6 2021, when the president’s security detail refused to drive him to the Capitol to be with his supporters who planned to block the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s election victory, a former top White House aide told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Tuesday.
When his lead security detail, Bobby Engel, told him they couldn’t because it was not secure, the “president had a very strong, very angry response,” Hutchinson testified that former Deputy Chief of Staff Tony Ornato told her. After Engel still refused, Trump tried to grab the steering wheel, Hutchinson said. After a Secret Service agent told him, “Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel,” Trump allegedly lunged at him and grabbed the agent’s throat.
Trump was unfazed. “I don’t f-cking care that they have weapons,” he told the Secret Service, according to Hutchinson. “They’re not here to hurt me. Take the f-cking mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here.” The criminal charges that concerned him, Hutchinson said, was “potentially obstructing justice or defrauding the electoral count.”
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