An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson urged his Republican colleagues not to subpoena January 6 committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson to prevent the accidental release of sexually explicit texts the 28-year-old was sent by lawmakers.
The Washington Post first reported the explosive allegations on Thursday, as the House GOP seeks to restart an investigation of the January 6 House select committee at the urging of President Donald Trump.
Hutchinson’s testimony about January 6 was some of the most embarrassing for Trump – as she recounted hearing that he threw a hissy fit to Secret Service when they wouldn’t take him to the Capitol after his Ellipse rally.
She also vividly recalled how Trump threw his plate of food at the wall when he found out that Attorney General Bill Barr told the Associated Press that the DOJ found no instances of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Hutchinson’s testimony was wanted as the GOP’s investigation tried to find fault in how former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, among others, handled the Democrat-led House probe on January 6.
But in June, an aide to Johnson warned aides to GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk – who was investigating the January 6th investigation for the Republicans and had publicly floated subpoening Hutchinson – that doing so could cause more trouble than it was worth.
That’s because there was a fear that ‘sexual texts from members who were trying to engage in sexual favors’ could be revealed publicly, The Post reported.
Separately, a member of Johnson’s staff told Loudermilk’s aides that Hutchinson could ‘potentially reveal embarrassing information,’ detailed an email obtained by the newspaper.
An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson urged his Republican colleagues not to subpoena January 6 committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson to prevent the accidental release of sexually explicit texts the 28-year-old was sent by lawmakers
An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnsonn (pictured) sounded the alarm in June, according to the Washington Post, that if star January 6 select committee witness was subpoenaed sexts from lawmakers might come to light
It’s unclear which members were behind the alleged sexts.
Hutchinson’s lawyer gave a statement to The Post but it didn’t confirm that she had received salacious messages.
Lawyer Bill Jordan told the newspaper that Hutchinson had cooperated voluntarily with the GOP-led investigation.
Jordan also criticized the interim report that was released by Loudermilk in December, which accused Cheney of ‘secretly communicating with Hutchinson without Hutchinon’s attorney’s knowledge.’
‘Ms. Hutchinson has testified truthfully and stands behind every word despite the efforts of men in powerful positions to attack her,’ Jordan said.
On Wednsday Johnson announced that Loudermilk’s investigation would continue in the Trump era.
A subcommittee was formed under the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Trump stalwart, Rep. Jim Jordan, to continue looking into the House select committee on January 6th.
On his way out the door, President Joe Biden pardoned members of the select committee, including Cheney and the other GOP member, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
Cassidy Hutchinson (right) brushes former Rep. Liz Cheney’s (left) after she concluded her blockbuster testimony in June 2022. After the January 6 select committee finished its investigation, Republicans launched a probe into it, which will continue in the new Trump era
Trump has expressed anger multiple times over Biden’s pardons since returning to the White House on Monday.
He said he would leave it to Congress whether or not to investigate the pardons.
Johnson has expressed a willingness to do so.
On June 22, 2022, Hutchinson, an aide to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, gave eye-popping testimony about what she saw at the Trump White House as the Republican tried to overturn the 2020 election.
She recalled seeing ‘ketchup dripping down the wall,’ after Trump had tossed his lunch over the Barr disappointment.
The parties involved have denied Hutchinson’s account of Trump lunging at the wheel of his SUV after being told by the Secret Service that they would not take him to the U.S. Capitol, after telling his supporters on the Ellipse on January 6th that the would join them there.
They proceeded to the Capitol without him, assaulting police officers and breaking in.
Trump pardoned all of those involved in the riot earlier this week.
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