Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), a member of the House special committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, said Sunday that new witnesses came forward after Cassidy Hutchinson testified publicly before the committee last week.
“This happens every day,” Kinzinger told Dana Bash, host of CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Every day we get new people who come in and say, ‘Hey, I didn’t think maybe this part of the story that I knew was important.’ … I see that playing out here.”
The commission had planned to hold off on public hearings until later in July, but abruptly scheduled a hearing last week with Hutchinson, a Trump staffer who served as an aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Hutchinson testified that former President Trump knew the crowd gathered for his Jan. 6 rally was armed, and she said he wanted the Secret Service to remove the metal detectors at the edge of the Ellipse so more people could enter the perimeter. security and to fill the empty space.
She also testified that Trump threw himself behind the wheel of his Secret Service vehicle after the rally in an attempt to join his supporters at the Capitol.
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Secret Service members who were in the car are reportedly willing to testify that they were not attacked by Trump, however, and that the former president did not try to grab the steering wheel.
This response caused many Republicans to question Hutchinson’s credibility. On Sunday, Kinzinger declined to say what corroborating evidence the committee has to support its claims.
“Cassidy Hutchinson testified under oath,” Kinzinger said. “We find her credible, and anyone who wants to cast aspersions on what was firsthand must come and testify under oath as well, not through anonymous sources.”
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