Former President Donald Trump did not attempt to grab the steering wheel of the presidential limousine on Jan. 6, as suggested by a key witness before the Jan. 6 Committee, according to testimonies gathered by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
“We also interviewed [redacted] Secret Service agents in the limousine with the President. The limousine driver said that the President was angry when his request to go to the Capitol was denied, whereas the President’s detail lead, who was seated in front of the President, said he did not recall if the President was angry,” a footnote from the report reads. “We asked [redacted] agents whether the President reached for the steering wheel or lunged toward the detail lead when his request to go to the Capitol was denied, and [redacted] witnesses said those actions did not occur.”
The Secret Service's January 6 report makes clear that Cassidy Hutchinson lied in her January 6 Committee testimony (that the corporate media repeated incessantly) about President Trump lunging for the steering wheel in an effort to go to the Capitol. https://t.co/SLf4TLvXBa pic.twitter.com/KjdVxG5Huz
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) August 3, 2024
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testified in 2022 that she was told by presidential security official Tony Ornato that Trump had lunged for the wheel of “the Beast” after being informed he was being taken back to the White House instead of the Capitol. However, witnesses inside the vehicle, interviewed for a DHS OIG report on the Secret Service’s response to Jan. 6, stated that Trump made no such attempt.
Just released transcript from Trump’s driver of the Beast on J6 confirms that Trump never lunged for the steering wheel or got physical with Secret Service.
This proves former-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson lied to the J6 Committee when she testified contrary on June 2022. pic.twitter.com/xA9jF5yo59
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 11, 2024
The DHS OIG report explains that Hutchinson was not interviewed for their investigation because her public testimony already addressed the incident inside “the Beast.” The report also includes a statement from Ornato, who wrote to the OIG, saying, “I do not recall being made aware of any details about the President’s return trip to the White House and, as such, I do not recall speaking with anyone about it.”
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 from @Henryrodgersdc House Republicans Call Out Cassidy Hutchinson’s J6 Testimony, Threaten Subpoena If She Does Not Produce Documents https://t.co/lX51fHGZxJ
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 8, 2024
Witness accounts from inside the vehicle contradict Hutchinson’s June 2022 testimony to the Jan. 6 Committee, where she described Trump’s Secret Service protective detail restraining him as he allegedly tried to seize the steering wheel. Hutchinson testified that Ornato “described [Trump] as being irate. The president said something to the effect of, ‘I am the f-ing president. Take me up to the Capitol now.’”
Cassidy Hutchinson lied under oath to Congress.
This is perjury.
U.S. Code sections 1621 and 1001 of Title 18:
"Perjury shall be fined or imprisoned up to seven years, or both."
When GOP takes back congress, it's time to enforce this.
Prosecute. Jail. That's how this ends. pic.twitter.com/0csUcz52cR
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 29, 2022
Major news outlets, including Reuters, CBS News, and NBC News, widely reported Hutchinson’s claims about the incident inside “the Beast” when she testified before Congress in June 2022.
