ANALYSIS – The bombshell testimony by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson has been reverberating throughout the news cycle. The statements by Hutchinson, an assistant to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about the former president's words and actions on Jan. 6 have certainly been salacious and disconcerting. (RELATED: Fmr Meadows Aide Makes Never-Before-Heard Claims Before Jan. 6 Committee)
Some of them like the tidbit that Trump reportedly threw his lunch at the wall of the West Wing dining room, angry over former Attorney General William Barr's interview with the Associated Press, are amusing, but benign.
I recall lots of stories of Hillary Clinton throwing plenty of White House plates at Bill back in the day.
And then there is the more serious allegation that Trump reportedly attacked his own Secret Service agents and lunged at the steering wheel of his heavily armored presidential limousine, known as ‘The Beast,' when his security detail refused to drive him to the Capitol. (RELATED: Democrats Pause Jan. 6 ‘Insurrection' Hearing to Incite Their Own Insurrection)
Trump reportedly screamed at his agents: I'm the f*cking president, take me up to the Capitol now.”
Not very presidential, but I can understand Trump being furious.
But what the majority media is really salivating over is the allegation that former President Trump somehow wanted to lead an “armed mob” to the Capitol on Jan. 6.
“Trump sought to lead armed mob to Capitol on Jan. 6, aide says,” read the headline in The Washington Post. “White House aide testifies Trump sent armed mob to Capitol,” read the headline at The Hill.
This is serious stuff, if true.
Full disclosure — I was at the Capitol on January 6, leading a private security detail, not attending the event. I also wrote the very next day that while the riot was not a coup or an insurrection, it was “an ugly sight.”
I added that many who stormed the Capitol “were goons and criminals, and yes, ‘terrorists.' No better than Antifa or BLM, or the #NotMyPresident rioters who disrupted Trump's Inaugural…”
I also wrote that: “This outrage at the Capitol was directly, if unintentionally, instigated by President Trump.”
But did former President Trump really want to lead an armed mob to the Capitol on January 6?
Well — not really. And not likely.
First, Hutchinson said that Trump was informed that some members of the crowd were ‘armed,' not that it was an entire armed mob. (RELATED: Younger Democrats More Likely Than Republicans to Support Assassinating Politicians)
Second, they never seem to have specified how many or how they were armed. And there is little proof anyone was “armed” with anything but bear spray and flag poles.
Most reporting about the crowd at the Capitol that day shows pretty much everyone was unarmed, and no evidence has been presented to show anyone who breached the Capitol had a firearm.
While there have been reports and court filings of some firearms stored across the Potomac River in Virginia by members of the Oath Keepers group who stormed the Capitol, none of those guns ever made it to D.C.
In March 2021, NPR tried to hype the armed crowd narrative by admitting that no firearms were found, but that some rioters had “stun guns, pepper spray, baseball bats and flagpoles wielded as clubs.”
This sounds like any one of hundreds of BLM or Antifa rallies during 2020 to me. (RELATED: FBI Director Denies Bureau Tougher on Capitol Rioters Than Violent BLM Thugs)
And despite repeated attempts by the left and the media to paint the ugly and unlawful riot at the Capitol as “deadly,” the only person actually killed was an unarmed protester, Air Force veteran Ashley Babbitt. And she was killed by a Capitol Police officer. (RELATED: Video Shows Air Force Vet Ashli Babbitt Trying to Stop Rioters in Capitol Before Being Killed by Police)
One Capitol Police officer died the next day of a stroke, which his family claims were unrelated to the attack. Three peaceful protesters also died of natural causes on the Capitol grounds, not inside the Capitol Building.
As noted above, President Trump did seem unfazed that some of his supporters might be armed and wanted them allowed to proceed to his rally, along with him, since as he noted, they weren't a threat to him.
While this may be very poor judgment, and not what the president of the United States should have been doing in a very dangerous and volatile moment, it's not the same as wanting to lead an armed mob onto the Capitol.
So, I say this is mostly false and give the ‘armed mob' story four Pinocchios. ALD
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From the video, his speeches and sworn testimony, he did. It was only the Secret Service with cooler heads that prevented him from reaching the Capital. It was clear in 2016 that Trump was going to get this country into war. The only question then was if it would at home or abroad. Jan. 6 answered that question conclusively.
As a matter of fact, the Secret Service agents directly involved say this entire story is a fabrication, that Trump never lunged for the steering wheel or anything else that this woman claims. Odd that the article doesn’t mention that pretty much everything she said has been repudiated by the people actually present.
All I wonder is how much she was paid by Soros to lie.
Baloney!
Hey John B, Did you miss the fact that Trump authorized up to 20,000 Nat. Guard to protect the Capitol and D.C. mayor Murial Bowser and Nancy Pelosi — WHO’S IN CHARGE OF CAPITOL SECURITY — BOTH turned is down???
Did you miss the fact that the Jan 6th committee ARE NOT ALLOWED to subpoena Pelosi’s communications???
Did you miss the fact that in Trump’s speech that day he said, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”???
Did you miss the bit where Trump’s Secret Service detail are will to testify that Hutchinson’s HEARSAY “testimony” is a lie and that it never happened the way she said?
Did you miss the video that showS Trump leaving in an SUV, NOT the “Beast” as she said???
Did you miss the story that former WH Trump lawyer says HE wrote the note, not Hutchinson? Furthermore the fact that she was such a low level aid that she wouldn’t have had access to Trump to pass him a note.
John . . . you need, as in NEED, a better news source. Stop watching CNN or MSDNC.
Childish drivel.
That is SMH childish. Look what your buddy Biden has us into in Ukraine driving our national debt through the roof like Demonrats always do.
No, once again you are wrong. The 2 Secret Service Agents named in Cassidy’s hearsay testimony “ quickly shot down her lies. They said nothing like that happened and the vehicle she named was not even the car Trump was riding in. Add that to the hilarious cartoonish scenario of Trump reaching for anyone as he is a 79 yr. old slightly out of shape man. No, her story collapsed shortly after it was exposed that the agents wanted to testify and Ms. (I hate Trump) Cheney advised them that their testimony would NOT be needed. When told that Ms. Hutchinson’s version was nowhere near the truth, Ms. Cheney further responded that “well perhaps some things were not factual, but considering this wasn’t first hand, we think most of it was true”, so your testimony isn’t necessary”. Now, John B-before you engage in a “my hating Trump has nothing to do with his “guilt”, may I inquire to what YOUR attitude would be if the same Kangaroo antics were used against YOU whereby a witness was giving 2nd hand testimony about YOU, but she wasn’t there and the court or in this case, partisan committee, REFUSED ANY WITNESSES FOR YOUR BEHALF to testify. Wouldn’t you be just a little bothered by what our Justice system is becoming? I am certainly worried about what these politicians are allowed to get away with -from the dirty and phony dossier connecting Trump to Russia and Putin which everyone in Washington KNEW was false and that it was paid for by Hillary Clinton. I pray every day that we will return to some sense of normalcy and FAIR PLAY and HONEST JUSTICE.
Tell the truth, this crap did not happen. That woman lied
It’s all she does.
Hey Paul, Did you miss the part where two of the agents in the SUV (not the Beast as the HEARSAY witness testified) were willing to go under oath and dispute Cassidy’s lies.
I don’t blindly defend anyone. If Trump did something and there is credible, eye witness testimony, he takes the hit. But, Dems and the MSM gasp in horror at every accusation as thought all has to be true.
After shrieking about all the bombshells in the Russia hoax, they did not bother to cover actual testimony that showed things were at a minimum, exaggerations, or worse, out right lies.
The same Dem and media slant was front and center during 2020, as anti-vax comments by Biden and Harris were played dozens of times in prime time. They ranted they would never trust a vaccine developed while the anti-science Trump was President.
In December 2020, the same MSM outlets did 30 second clips to report that Biden and Harris got vaccinated.
Of course, ever since, Dems and the media types nod their approval as they continue to blame vaccine opposition on Trump supporters.
But WHAT was Biden & Harris actually injected with, Al? I wouldn’t trust this corrupt regime with anything they say or do. After all, lying, cheating & stealing IS the Democrat way!
Yep. I fell the same way.
Trump wasn’t going to lead an armed mob. The liberal commie democrat left would like one to believe he did. This is why the gave Hutchinson her 15 minutes of fame, put the false narrative out there on TV for everyone to see. What remains to be seen, is if this one sided Kangaroo Court, with it’s predetermined outcome to get Trump at all costs, are they going to allow the testimony from SS agents, claiming what Hutchinson stated, never happened. Hutchinson received this info from a third party, which is hearsay, not credible and not admissible in a court of law. Since this is a Jan., 06th Commission and not a court of law without cross examination, they are going to pick what false info they want out to the public, and what info that is detrimental to what this Kangaroo Court is trying to accomplish.
Hey Paul, Did you miss the part were Trump’s SS detail is willing to testify under oath that Hutchinson’s HEARSAY testimony is lie? Did you miss the bit about the fact that Trump left the rally in an SUV, NOT the beast as she said.
He asked for 20K NG troops BUT Pelosi said NO
He did stay after speech Go in Peacefully
But J6 Comm F*** evcrything up
Only an indoctrinated fool would believe that. He offered loser Pelousy NG troops twice and she refused both times and the only reason is she did it on purpose to allow the scam show to move ahead. She and Schumer both are the ones who need jail cells.
Stupid f****** question and this lying b**** will be so discredited she will never find another job.
I remember watching Trump’s speech on the Capitol lawn and that he told his people to remain calm about five times. I thought, “Wow, has he said that enough already?” Never would I have thought that the left would claim that he encouraged his people to be violent. No one has ever pointed out that he asked them to “remain calm” as they visited “their house” that I have seen. Also, I remember the footage of what the conservative reporter claimed to be Antifa. They were organized and marching parade style toward the capitol, coming down the street. It looked to me like they were on the way toward a planned confrontation, not exactly looking friendly at all. I can’t seem to find that footage. Why not? I do remember however, those same people dressed the same way being violent as they approached the capitol.
Why has the press never talked about Trump asking his people to remain calm? We know why. The same reason that I kept reading headlines of some horrible statement that Trump made in a speech, so many times during his presidency. Then, I would watch those same videos looking for the supposed statement that was so horrible and never finding it. I don’t know how many times that happened, but I thought that if only all of the people on the left would actually watch those same videos that they would know for certain that the leftist media just constantly lied to the public. All they had to do was watch the darn videos to know that. Evidentially, they just read the dishonest headlines. The left knows that is all most of their people do. It really wasn’t hard to see where the problem really was. All of those horrible claims they made about Trump were lies. The fact that the media is taken over by them is our biggest problem.