Matthew Pottinger, a former National Security Council official, testified before the House Jan. 6 committee's prime-time public hearing.
Matthew Pottinger, a former National Security Council official, is testifying before the House Jan. 6 committee's prime time public hearing. Pottinger started his time in the Trump White House in 2017 and resigned from his post at the National Security Council shortly after the Jan. 6 insurrection in 2021. In February 2021, Pottingermoderator Margaret Brennan it"was the moment where I felt that it was appropriate for me to go.
"I read that tweet. And made a decision at that moment to resign," Pottinger said in the recorded testimony."That's where I knew that I was leaving that day, once I had read that tweet." Before his role in the White House, Pottinger was a U.S. Marine and fought in Iraq and Afghanistan during three combat deployments between 2007 and 2010, according to his bio on the Hoover InstituteHe founded and led a risk consultancy focused on Asia and also ran Asia research for a New York investment fund. In the White House, he led the Trump administration's work on the Indo-Pacific region – particularly its shift on China policy.
Charles Kupperman, former deputy national security adviser, told to CBS News he expects Pottinger's testimony on Thursday to paint a chaotic picture in the West Wing.
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