Trump lunged at Secret Service agent in fit of rage during Capitol riot: aide
Donald Trump knew protesters had weapons but told officials to “let my people in” to march on the Capitol on January 6, a former aide has testified.
The White House in the background, then-president Donald Trump speaks at a rally before a mob invaded the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.“I don’t effing care that they have weapons, they’re not here to hurt me,” Hutchinson told the committee Trump said before addressing his rally, furious that the Secret Service was screening people for guns, spears and other weaponry.
Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifying before the committee, as it continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation into the Capitol Riot.“The president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. Mr Engel grabbed his arm and said: ‘Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we’re going to back the West Wing; we’re not going to the Capitol’.
As Meadows’ aide, her office was seconds from the Oval Office, and she was often present for critical White House meetings and conversations where challenges to the election were debated and discussed. The story of Trump lunging at Engel was relayed to Hutchinson by another White House aide, Tony Ornato, with Engel in the room at the time.She also recalled Meadows telling Cipollone about the rioters chanting “Hang Mike Pence!” and of Trump reportedly declaring that Pence – who refused to block Biden’s certification that day –“deserves it”.
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