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Grand jury declines to indict Trump critic Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- Federal prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson regarding her Jan. 6 Capitol attack testimony, as the grand jury declined to indict her.
- The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has been investigating Hutchinson, with a litigator confirming the grand jury's lack of concurrence on the indictment during a recent hearing.
- Hutchinson, a top aide to Mark Meadows, testified in 2022 that President Trump was warned about armed supporters on Jan. 6 and attempted to remove security measures at his rally.
- She also recounted a story of Trump allegedly lunging at the steering wheel of his Secret Service vehicle, a claim later contradicted by the president's driver in sworn testimony.
- The exact aspects of Hutchinson's testimony under prosecutorial scrutiny remain unclear, with the investigation reportedly initiated following a referral from House Republican allies of Trump.
