Trump's post-presidency staff members were the subject of a lawsuit.
The documents show that Cassidy Hutchinson worked for Trump after he left the White House.
Hutchinson testified before the House on January 6.
Government records exclusively obtained by Insider show that Cassidy Hutchinson continued to work for the former president after he left office.
According to the General Services Administration documents, Hutchinson was the "coordinator" for Trump's official, taxpayer-funded post-presidential office from January 20 to April 1st, 2021.
According to the documents, Hutchinson continued to earn a government paycheck for work in support of Trump for weeks after she saw his actions and lack of action.
Hutchinson's location after January 6 has been the subject of a lot of scrutiny. After the attack, Hutchinson was reported to join Trump in Florida, but he turned her down because he didn't know her very well. According to the Washington Post, Hutchinson did not have a full-time job after she left the White House.
She wanted to go with us if she thought we were terrible. Trump wrote on Truth Social. She was angry that I didn't want her to join the team. She is not good news.
In order to protest Congress' certification of states' electoral votes, Trump asked his supporters to gather in Washington, DC, for a rally. The Capitol was attacked in the name of Trump.
I was disgusted as a US citizen. It wasn't patriotic. Hutchinson testified before the January 6 committee that it was un- American. The Capitol building got defaced over a lie. It was difficult to digest knowing what I'd been hearing down the hall.
Hutchinson's testimony included vivid descriptions of Trump's efforts on January 6 to rally protestors, including those he knew were armed, and his attempt to join the mob that attacked the Capitol.
Trump threw his lunch at the White House wall after he was refused a ride from the Ellipse.
Hutchinson was contacted by the Justice Department after she appeared before the House committee.
Hutchinson and her lawyers didn't reply to Insider's questions.
The documents revealing Hutchinson's identity were obtained by Insider as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
According to the news organization, the GSA was in violation of federal law by failing to publicly release a full accounting of staff members for the post-presidency offices of both Trump and Mike Pence.
The GSA hasn't released the names of others. Hutchinson's name was among those kept secret.
According to a July 29 statement filed in US District Court for the District of Columbia on the GSA's behalf, releasing the names risked exposing the staffers to unwanted intrusions and potential harassment. Graves was nominated by Biden.
On balance, each staffer's privacy interest in non-disclosure was more important than the public's interest in disclosure.
Hall told Insider that voluntary release of Hutchinson's name is appropriate in light of media coverage. The letter was included in the Biden administration's July 29 court filing.
Graves and two colleagues wrote to the court that Cassidy Hutchinson's name was released because of media coverage after she testified before Congress.
The government documents don't specify what kind of work Hutchinson did while he was a member of Trump's post-presidency office.
Hutchinson did her work from Arlington, Virginia, across the river from Washington, DC, according to the documents. Trump lived at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida after leaving the White House.
The post-presidency period of Trump had already hit turbulence.
The Senate voted to acquit him after he was impeached for a second time by the US House.
Democrats and a few Republicans have already begun investigations into Trump's role in the January 6 attacks and attempts to undermine the 2020 presidential election.
Two of Trump's top White House aides, Stephen Miller and Dan Scavino, were paid publicly funded salaries.
The Biden administration argued in federal court that there was no public interest in revealing the identities of three staffers who worked for Trump after he left office.
Insider was blocked by the government from learning the identities of three staffers who worked for former Vice President Mike Pence.
The staffers' work appears to be low-level, according to the Department of Justice. The individuals at issue are not public figures and their identities are not well known to the public.
The identities of other office staffers are not known. Insider is trying to get their names heard in court.
Insider's Washington Bureau chief said that they will press forward with the lawsuit until the public knows the names of the people who worked for Donald Trump.
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