The New York Times described Cassidy Hutchinson as an "unlikely bond" with Liz Cheney, the Wyoming Republican who has been ostracized from the GOP due to her criticism of the former president.
As the January 6 panel riot zeroes in on damning testimony about former President Donald Trump, the two Republican women have developed a close relationship.
On June 28, Hutchinson testified before the panel and dropped a lot of bombshells. A top aide to a former Trump administration chief of staff described a president who knew his supporters were armed and seemingly unconcerned about the risk of violence.
Her testimony offered color and insight into the chaotic hours of January 6, 2021, as a mob of Trump supporters laid siege to the Capitol in an attack that killed five people. In the aftermath of the attack, former White House Chief of Staff MarkMeadows and former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani asked the former president to grant a pre-pardon.
The Times traced Hutchinson's path from a conservative college student to a White House aide to a star witness in the panel's ongoing probe. Hutchinson made her public debut after being deposed by the committee three times. According to The Times, she was represented for a long time by a Trump world lawyer who was focused on protecting the former president. Hutchinson was able to find pro-bono representation after opening up to the idea of cooperating more fully with the panel.
The committee decided to put Hutchinson on the national stage after she gave more information about her recollection of Trump.
According to The Times, Hutchinson has been sequestered with her family and a security detail since she testified. The former president and Trumpworld criticized the once-White House talent who is now unemployed. She's found someone who's interested in her.
The Times reported that the congresswoman admires Hutchinson's dedication to the country.
The day after Hutchinson testified, Cheney said in a speech at the Reagan Library that he had been moved by young women he had met. "Some of these are young women who worked on the Trump campaign, some worked in the Trump White House, some worked in offices on Capitol Hill, all who knew that what happened that day must never happen again."
Cheney said that America had the chance to meet one of the young women. Her superiors, men many years older, a number of them hiding behind executive privilege, anonymity, and intimidation, but her bravery and patriotism yesterday were awesome to see.
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