“The House of Commons inquiry into the Capitol assault had bet big on Cassidy Hutchinson. On Tuesday, she kept her promise – and much more“, judge Politicoafter this former White House employee delivered “what may prove to be the most damning testimony to the actions of a sitting president in American history”.
The Nation title like this:It was a coup, and [Donald] Trump fully intended to carry it out”, recalling in a vitriolic analysis the words of the elected rebel Republican Adam Kinzinger, member of the commission: “Ce we present here to the American people certainly elevates the president’s involvement to a criminal level.”
“I am the fucking president”
Like most commentators, the Washington correspondent of the New York Times Carl Hulse first retains from this “direct, explosive and cinematic testimony“the moment Cassidy Hutchinson, the longtime assistant to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows,”portrayed a president puffed up with rage,” screaming on her Secret Service driver “I’m the fucking President of the United States, take me to the Capitol right now! ”. He had just explained to him that it was impossible to ensure his safety in the midst of an armed crowd. Faced with this refusal, Trump would then “tried to take the wheel”, and even of “strangle him”, specifies the daily.
The Hill lists four other “bombshells” dropped by the 26-year-old young woman during this surprise hearing: Trump knew that “his supporters were armed, and did not care”; he felt that his Vice President Mike Pence “deserved to be hanged” ; Mark Meadows et Rudy Giuliani ont “asked for presidential pardon” after January 6, 2021; finally, the Head of State frequently had “surge of anger” during which he happened to “throw your plate against a wall”, leaving “traces of ketchup” which his assistants would then clean up.
“Extremely problematic legal consequences”
These revelations, mostly unpublished, “could have extremely problematic legal consequences”, according to a criminal lawyer interviewed by Fox News. “All this [serait] pretty damning in front of a criminal court jury”, declared Alex Little on the air of the very conservative news channel, which until now paid little attention to the work of the commission of inquiry.
The journalist Bret Baier also threw a chill live calling it “really, really powerful”And“testimony under oath“by Hutchinson, compared to Trump’s denials”on his Truth Social network”. His interlocutor was left speechless.
The Atlantic believes that Hutchinson has “showed exceptional courage”, because it becomes in fact “one of the biggest apostates of the MAGA sect [Make America Great Again, “Rendons à l’Amérique sa grandeur”] — and given her age and relative inexperience, she won’t have access to the same resources as some Trump aides who have previously turned on him”. The journalist specifies that she “has already come under attack from the former president and his supporters”.
In fact, tell the Washington Post, Donald Trump a tout de suite “sought to downplay Cassidy Hutchinson’s claims”, retorting to him on Truth Social that “his fake story… [était] twisted and fraudulent” and that he would not have “never been possible to do such a ridiculous thing” than trying to take the wheel from your driver. What an anonymous commentator, a fan of the former leader, added “And even if she was telling the truth, what the fuck would be the problem? ”