DoJ seeks to charge ex-Trump aide who gave key testimony on January 6 attack

Prosecutors in the justice department’s civil rights division are seeking criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former senior aide in the Trump White House. The charges would involve lying to Congress after she gave explosive testimony to the committee investigating the US attack on the Capitol. The case follows her claims that Trump tried to force her into a mob at the Capitol.

Cassidy Hutchinson told panel she had been told Trump lunged for wheel of SUV to try to join mob at Capitol Prosecutors in the justice department’s civil rights division are seeking criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top Trump White House aide who gave explosive testimony to the committee that investigated the US attack on the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the matter. The potential charges involve lying to Congress, the person said.

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